(~, or ~s, ~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Fruit or a ~ is something which grows on a tree or bush and which contains seeds or a stone covered by a substance that you can eat.
Fresh ~ and vegetables provide fibre and vitamins.
...bananas and other tropical ~s...
Try to eat at least one piece of ~ a day.
N-VAR
2.
If a plant ~s, it produces ~.
The scientists will study the variety of trees and observe which are ~ing.
VERB: V
3.
The ~s or the ~ of someone’s work or activity are the good things that result from it.
The team have really worked hard and Mansell is enjoying the ~s of that labour...
The findings are the ~ of more than three years research.
N-COUNT: usu the N of n
4.
see also dried ~ , forbidden ~ , kiwi ~ , passion ~
5.
If the effort that you put into something or a particular way of doing something bears ~, it is successful and produces good results.
He was naturally disappointed when the talks failed to bear ~.
PHRASE: V inflects
6.
The first ~s or the first ~ of a project or activity are its earliest results or profits.
This project is one of the first ~s of commercial co-operation between the two countries.
PHRASE: oft PHR of n