fruit

noun (fruit — usually no plural for the food; fruits — kinds of fruit); verb (fruit — to make fruit)

«fruit» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Fruit is the sweet or juicy part of a plant that holds its seeds and that you can eat, like an apple, a pear, a plum or a banana. tree →
In science, a fruit is any part of a flowering plant that grows from the flower and holds seeds, so tomatoes and peppers are fruits too. tree →
The fruits of work are its good results. tree →

In the lessons

the kind that includes apples, pears, plums and bananas («How many fruits are on the table?» counts all of them together); in everyday life healthy eating, fruit salad, fruit juice; in science seeds and how plants spread them

Examples

How many fruits are on the table? tree →
Mia has 3 apples and 4 pears. How many pieces of fruit does she have? tree →
A bowl holds 12 fruits. tree →
Eat some fruit every day. tree →
Oranges, grapes and kiwis are fruits. tree →
Mum made a fruit salad for dessert. tree →
A tomato is a fruit in science but we cook it like a vegetable. tree →
Birds eat fruit and spread the seeds. tree →
King Vuislaf has an apple-tree which bears golden fruits. tree →

Note

«fruit» is usually uncountable for food (some fruit, a piece of fruit); «fruits» is used for kinds or when counting. «How many fruits» counts all apples, pears, plums and bananas together. Trap: do not count cups, spoons, books or pencils as fruit.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The first-fruits were brought to the Temple; tradition also teaches blessings over fruit and the law that a young tree's fruit may not be eaten for three years. In the primary lessons: the kind that includes apples, pears, plums and bananas («How many fruits are on the table?» counts all of them together); in everyday life healthy eating, fruit salad, fruit juice; in science seeds and how plants spread them

Examples

All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the locust possess. (Torah DEU.28.42, JPS 1917) tree →
The choicest first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. (Torah EXO.23.19, JPS 1917) tree →
The choicest first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. (Torah EXO.34.26, JPS 1917) tree →
and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. (Writings NEH.13.31, JPS 1917) tree →
And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase. (Writings PSA.107.37, JPS 1917) tree →
Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his precious fruits. (Writings SNG.4.16, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Early Modern English

Meaning

anything a plant or land produces, such as crops; also the children born from a body. tree →

Then and now

Today fruit usually means sweet food from a tree or bush; here it means crops and also children.

Examples

All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the locust possess. (Torah DEU.28.42, JPS 1917) tree →
To my son Ciccu I leave the fruit. (The Pink Fairy Book) tree →
He caused Mem to predominate in Water, and crowned it, and combined it with others, and formed Earth on the world, cold in the year, and the fruit of the womb in mankind, being carried in the belly. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →

Note

Today: crops, produce, children.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «fruit» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«fruit» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «fruit» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«fruit» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «fruit» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«fruit» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.

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