fruit
the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,178 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,081 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
- an amount of a product also: yield
- the consequence of some effort or action he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies
verb
- cause to bear fruit
- bear fruit the trees fruited early this year
fruit in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It's like a fruit centre-piece at a family dinner.
Half Portions · Edna Ferber · Chapter 1
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The fruit and the wine were on the table.
Man and Wife · Wilkie Collins · Chapter 1
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There were vegetables, oatmeal, fruit, and even tea and coffee.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1
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Forbidden fruit has no attraction until we know that it is forbidden.
Crankisms · Lisle de Vaux Matthewman · Chapter 1
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When it was quite ripe the fruit would become a golden yellow.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1