Definition of fruitnext
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as in offspring
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant according to the Bible, God promised Abraham that the fruit of his loins would someday become a great nation

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fruit

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Recent Examples of fruit
Noun
Both her parents were part of large families in the Jim Crow South and grew up picking fruit. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 Subtract coffee, tea, juice, fruit and vegetables, and that can leave only 4 to 6 cups of plain water to actually pour into a glass. Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
According to gardening expert Tony O'Neill, one of the most common reasons a plant doesn't fruit is its age. Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 20 June 2026 Fort Collins Nursery sells citrus in an eight-inch pot — their smallest fruiting size — and yields will only continue to increase with time. Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 5 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for fruit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fruit
Noun
  • Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov described the talks to journalists afterward as constructive, frank and useful, but didn’t talk about specific outcomes.
    Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Vasseur did not wish to discuss the possible final 2026 championship outlook, saying his attention was purely on present performance and taking steps; focus on the process, not the outcome.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • During the pandemic, car production was capped, and automakers used their limited capacity on building luxury cars, like Maseratis.
    David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Last season, Macdonald frequently lamented Seattle’s rushing production, especially during the first half of the year.
    Andrew Destin, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Myers said these teacup animals usually come about through reproductive technology and selective breeding, where people repeatedly breed the smallest animals, then use the smallest offspring to reproduce.
    Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Bears #901 and #384 are two of her adult offspring who have been seen in the park.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Free-branching, smaller-bloomed, ball-mounding, hardier garden mums are designed to grow naturally in the ground, usually flowering between late August and October.
    Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Plants have to be mature and about ready to flower when the central leaves turn varying shades of red.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Ilie and Ghodla modeled the environment in which the resultant black hole seeds would exist and merge, calculating merger rates and the influence on the gravitational wave background.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • No other spacecraft has ever descended into the moon’s shadowy south polar craters, although NASA did crash a rocket into one in 2009 and watched a resultant plume of water vapor burst out.
    Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • An attendee with a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 smartphone at a Samsung Unpacked product launch event in London, UK, on Wednesday, July 22, 2026.
    Jenny Lee, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
  • As the first generation of entrepreneurs adapts to the demands of international business, these companies are moving beyond simply selling products abroad and starting to behave like true multinationals.
    Danny Vincent, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Israel robs children of their smallest joys because joy is the seed of hope, and that is how the body learns that captivity is not the natural condition of life.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • By focusing on state-level reforms and bipartisan bills to bolster obstetric care, organizers hope the seed funding draws matching dollars from governments and corporations to tackle a $165-billion-a-year crisis.
    Glenn Gamboa, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Every scene is optimized in real time for infinite contrast, deep blacks, and lifelike highlight detail without blooming.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Although blueberries are self-fertile, planting multiple cultivars that bloom at the same time will lead to larger berries and a higher yield.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026

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“Fruit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruit. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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