~ 1
■ noun
1》 a soft pear-shaped fruit with sweet dark flesh and many small seeds.
2》 (also ~ tree ) the deciduous tree or shrub which bears ~s. [ Ficus carica .]
↘used in names of related plants, e.g. strangling ~ .
Phrases
not give (or care ) a ~ not care at all.
Origin
ME: from OFr. ~ue , from Provençal ~(u)a , based on L. ficus .
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~ 2
■ noun (in phr. full ~ ) informal the complete set of clothes appropriate to an occasion or profession.
Origin
C17 (as v.): var. of obs. feague 'liven up' (earlier 'whip'), perh. related to Ger. fegen 'sweep, thrash'; cf. fake 1 .