fruit

Plural: fruits

Noun

the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
an amount of a product
the consequence of some effort or action
- "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies"
A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically
A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:
The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:
The spores of cryptogams and their accessory organs.
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.
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.
A sweet or sweetish vegetable, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resembles a true fruit or is used in cookery as if it was a fruit.
An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.
Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.
A homosexual man; (derogatory, figurative) an effeminate man.
Offspring from a sexual union.
A crazy person.

Verb

Verb Forms: fruited, fruiting, fruits

To bear edible reproductive bodies of a seed plant.
cause to bear fruit
bear fruit
- "the trees fruited early this year"
To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.

Examples

a fruit salad
a fruit tree
an artificial fruit flavor
fresh-squeezed fruit juice
fruit of one's loins
He spent his retirement enjoying the fruits of his labour.
Her strategy to save her ’S’ tile would hopefully fruit into a big play later.
His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.
The litter was the fruit of the union between our whippet and their terrier.

Origin / Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin frūctus
Old French fruitbor.
Middle English fruyt
English fruit
From Middle English fruyt, frut (“fruits and vegetables”), from Old French fruit (“produce, fruits and vegetables”), from Latin frūctus (“enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”) and frūx (“crop, produce, fruit”) (compare Latin fruor (“have the benefit of, to use, to enjoy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to make use of, to have enjoyment of”). Cognate with English brook (“to bear, tolerate”) and German brauchen (“to need”). Displaced native Old English wæstm.
In the derogatory senses of “crazy person” and “homosexual or effeminate man”, possibly a shortening of fruitcake, or of independent origin, compare Fruit (slang).

Synonyms

yield, Percy, Uranian, bading, batty boy, batty man, big girl's blouse, botter, bum chum, bumder, bummer, butt rider, chi chi man, cock gobbler, cockney, confirmed bachelor, cot-quean, cupcake, dicklicker, dudelet, fairy, fakaleiti, femboy, finocchio, finook, friend of Dorothy, fruit, funny boy, gay, gayboy, gaylord, gaymo, gaywad, gentleman, ginch, girl's blouse, girlyman, homo, homosexual, invert, janegirl, jessie, light stepper, mary, nancy, nancy pants, nancyboy, omi-palone, pansy, poof, poofter, posy sniffer, pretty boy, punk, puss-gentleman, queer, quiche-eater, sausage jockey, sausage rider, shirt lifter, sissy, softling, soy boy, swish, twink, uranist, zenana

Scrabble Score: 8

fruit: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fruit: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fruit: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

fruit: valid Words With Friends Word