fruit

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically

   “[A]fter the flower is past commeth the fruit in long pods, every seede bunching out like the pods of Orobus and as bigge almost as the smaller Pease.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:
3. (countable, uncountable)A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:
4. (countable, uncountable)Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.
5. (countable, uncountable)Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.
6. (countable, uncountable)An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.

   “His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.”

   “He spent his retirement enjoying the fruits of his labour.”

   “the fruit of rashness”

   “They shall eat the fruit of their doings.”

   “The fruits of this education became visible.”

7. (attributive, countable, uncountable)Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.

   “fresh-squeezed fruit juice”

   “a fruit salad”

   “an artificial fruit flavor”

   “a fruit tree”

8. (colloquial, countable, dated, derogatory, uncountable)A homosexual man, especially an effeminate one.

   “"Moishe just checked in," he said. "He's a panhandler and a fruit. A disgrace to the Jewish race."”

   “I'm not talking to this twisted fruit anymore!”

   “Aww, but he's so cute! / He's a fruit… Oh my fucking god! You will not believe who was here today!”

9. (countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable)An effeminate man.
10. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Offspring from a sexual union.

    “The litter was the fruit of the union between our whippet and their terrier.”

    “fruit of one's loins”

    “King Edward's fruit, true heir to the English crown”

    “And she spake out with a loud voyce, and saide, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruite of thy wombe.”

11. (countable, informal, uncountable)A crazy person.
12. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable)Acronym of false replies unsynchronized/uncorrelated in time.

verb

1. To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.

   “It may be said, however, that the percentage of green apples among the Fameuse seedlings is much less than among the others as out of 33 Fameuse seedlings which had fruited up to this year, none was green and we recollect but one light coloured Fameuse seedling fruiting this year.”

   “For example, chanterelles and russulas can start fruiting in early to mid summer given sufficient moisture, but other species, such as matsutake, rarely fruit until temperatures cool in the autumn, even if moisture is available earlier.”

   “The grass and weeds come up to my waist and the plum trees are already fruiting up, though most of the fruit'll go to the wasps and the worms, Vinny says, 'cause he can't be arsed to pick it.”

name

1. A surname.