Fruit
noun
The sweet or savoury product that grows on plants and trees and can often be eaten.
She picked an apple from the fruit tree in her backyard.
Often appears as...
- bear fruit
- ripe fruit
noun
The result or outcome of something.
The fruit of his hard work was a promotion at his job.
Often appears as...
- bear fruit
- fruit of labor
verb
To produce fruit.
The apple tree fruits every autumn.
Often appears as...
- tree fruits
- plant fruits
noun
A person who is considered strange or different.
People often thought he was a fruit because of his eccentric fashion choices.
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
noun
The sweet or savoury product that grows on plants and trees and can often be eaten.
She picked an apple from the fruit tree in her backyard.
Often appears as...
- bear fruit
- ripe fruit
noun
The result or outcome of something.
The fruit of his hard work was a promotion at his job.
Often appears as...
- bear fruit
- fruit of labor
verb
To produce fruit.
The apple tree fruits every autumn.
Often appears as...
- tree fruits
- plant fruits
noun
A person who is considered strange or different.
People often thought he was a fruit because of his eccentric fashion choices.
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Edible Variety
Fruits come in many tastes: apples are sweet, while avocados are creamy.
I love exploring different fruit flavors.
Pro Tip 2/3Health Perception
Many fruits are considered healthy, associated with diets and nutrition.
Eating fruit contributes to a balanced diet.
Pro Tip 3/3Cooking Uses
Fruits are versatile, used in cooking for juices, jams, and desserts.
I used fruit to make a delicious pie.
Pro Tip 1/3Edible Variety
Fruits come in many tastes: apples are sweet, while avocados are creamy.
I love exploring different fruit flavors.
Pro Tip 2/3Health Perception
Many fruits are considered healthy, associated with diets and nutrition.
Eating fruit contributes to a balanced diet.
Pro Tip 3/3Cooking Uses
Fruits are versatile, used in cooking for juices, jams, and desserts.
I used fruit to make a delicious pie.
Pro Tip 1/3Edible Variety
Fruits come in many tastes: apples are sweet, while avocados are creamy.
I love exploring different fruit flavors.
Pro Tip 2/3Health Perception
Many fruits are considered healthy, associated with diets and nutrition.
Eating fruit contributes to a balanced diet.
Pro Tip 3/3Cooking Uses
Fruits are versatile, used in cooking for juices, jams, and desserts.
I used fruit to make a delicious pie.
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How sugar affects the...
So are high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice, raw sugar, and honey. And sugar isn't just in candies and desserts, it's also added to tomato sauce, yogurt, dried fruit, flavored waters, or granola bars. Since sugar is everywhere, it's important to understand how it affects the brain. What happens when sugar hits your tongue?
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Why elephants never...
sometimes even outwitting the researchers and manipulating their partners. And they've grasped basic arithmetic, keeping track of the relative amounts of fruit in two baskets after multiple changes. The rare combination of memory and problem solving can explain some of elephants' most clever behaviors,
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How do carbohydrates...
the amount that a particular food raises the sugar level in your blood. Soda and white bread have a similar glycemic index because they have a similar effect on your blood sugar. But when you eat foods high in fiber, like vegetables, fruits, and whole grains,
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This Crazy Tree Grows 40...
varieties of stone fruit eventually I was able to find these different heirloom and antique varieties but they are very rare so it would bring them back here to my nursery graph them onto a tree so that I could continue to use
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How the food you eat...
Like the other organs in our bodies, our brains also benefit from a steady supply of micronutrients. Antioxidants in fruits and vegetables strengthen the brain to fight off free radicals that destroy brain cells,
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Emma Teeling: The secret...
Now as I said before, bats are essential for our ecosystems to function correctly. And why is this? Bats in the tropics are major pollinators of many plants. They also feed on fruit, and they disperse the seeds
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The science of milk -...
Although this process is typically reserved for females, in some species, like dayak fruit bats, goats, and even cats, males can also lactate. Milk drinkers worldwide consume dairy from buffalo, goats,
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Nature's Oddest Looking...
the forests of the fruit the cassowaries depend on they can eat their eggs and even their chicks with such a small population this new threat could see the cassowary disappear forever from
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Born to sing PIPE Taylor...
these seeds sprouted they rooted they grew branches and they blossomed these roots are the foundation of our life's purpose the blossoms bear the fruits of
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Macaques SLAP Squirrels...
enormous 10 kilogram hulks are the largest tree fruits in the world
Video examples
How sugar affects the...
So are high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice, raw sugar, and honey. And sugar isn't just in candies and desserts, it's also added to tomato sauce, yogurt, dried fruit, flavored waters, or granola bars. Since sugar is everywhere, it's important to understand how it affects the brain. What happens when sugar hits your tongue?
Video examples
Why elephants never...
sometimes even outwitting the researchers and manipulating their partners. And they've grasped basic arithmetic, keeping track of the relative amounts of fruit in two baskets after multiple changes. The rare combination of memory and problem solving can explain some of elephants' most clever behaviors,
Video examples
How do carbohydrates...
the amount that a particular food raises the sugar level in your blood. Soda and white bread have a similar glycemic index because they have a similar effect on your blood sugar. But when you eat foods high in fiber, like vegetables, fruits, and whole grains,
Video examples
This Crazy Tree Grows 40...
varieties of stone fruit eventually I was able to find these different heirloom and antique varieties but they are very rare so it would bring them back here to my nursery graph them onto a tree so that I could continue to use
Video examples
How the food you eat...
Like the other organs in our bodies, our brains also benefit from a steady supply of micronutrients. Antioxidants in fruits and vegetables strengthen the brain to fight off free radicals that destroy brain cells,
Video examples
Emma Teeling: The secret...
Now as I said before, bats are essential for our ecosystems to function correctly. And why is this? Bats in the tropics are major pollinators of many plants. They also feed on fruit, and they disperse the seeds
Video examples
The science of milk -...
Although this process is typically reserved for females, in some species, like dayak fruit bats, goats, and even cats, males can also lactate. Milk drinkers worldwide consume dairy from buffalo, goats,
Video examples
Nature's Oddest Looking...
the forests of the fruit the cassowaries depend on they can eat their eggs and even their chicks with such a small population this new threat could see the cassowary disappear forever from
Video examples
Born to sing PIPE Taylor...
these seeds sprouted they rooted they grew branches and they blossomed these roots are the foundation of our life's purpose the blossoms bear the fruits of
Video examples
Macaques SLAP Squirrels...
enormous 10 kilogram hulks are the largest tree fruits in the world
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Nick Vujicic
Australian Clergyman
Often times we feel like either we can't make a world of difference, or we feel that it's not going to change anything anyway. The truth is you can change someone's day, you can change someone's life, but you have to show up and do what you got to do to actually see any fruit coming from it.
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Jesse Helms
American Politician
America must be the moral leader. It is not enough to have power. Power must be used to protect freedom and give all people hope for the opportunity to see the fruit of their own labor.
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Thomas Kinkade
American Artist
Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.
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Imtiaz Ali
Indian Director
All the conscious decisions that I have taken in my life have never borne fruit. Not even come close! So, I am just very happy not planning.
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Bad Bunny
Puerto Rican Singer
I think if I keep working in the way that I am, from the heart and from passion and with love, well, the fruits of that will keep coming.
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Henri Nouwen
Dutch Clergyman
Prayer is the beginning and the end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal of all peacemaking.
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John Burroughs
American Author
My books are, in a way, a record of my life - that part of it that came to flower and fruit in my mind.
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Joseph Campbell
American Author
Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.
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George Herbert
British Poet
Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.
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Baltasar Gracian
Spanish Philosopher
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
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Nick Vujicic
Australian Clergyman
Often times we feel like either we can't make a world of difference, or we feel that it's not going to change anything anyway. The truth is you can change someone's day, you can change someone's life, but you have to show up and do what you got to do to actually see any fruit coming from it.
Quote examples
Jesse Helms
American Politician
America must be the moral leader. It is not enough to have power. Power must be used to protect freedom and give all people hope for the opportunity to see the fruit of their own labor.
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Thomas Kinkade
American Artist
Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.
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Imtiaz Ali
Indian Director
All the conscious decisions that I have taken in my life have never borne fruit. Not even come close! So, I am just very happy not planning.
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Bad Bunny
Puerto Rican Singer
I think if I keep working in the way that I am, from the heart and from passion and with love, well, the fruits of that will keep coming.
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Henri Nouwen
Dutch Clergyman
Prayer is the beginning and the end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal of all peacemaking.
Quote examples
John Burroughs
American Author
My books are, in a way, a record of my life - that part of it that came to flower and fruit in my mind.
Quote examples
Joseph Campbell
American Author
Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.
Quote examples
George Herbert
British Poet
Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.
Quote examples
Baltasar Gracian
Spanish Philosopher
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
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