FRUIT

Meaning of FRUIT in English

noun

BAD : The shop sells fruits and vegetables.

GOOD : The shop sells fruit and vegetables.

BAD : I never buy tinned fruits.

GOOD : I never buy tinned fruit.

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Fruit (= fruit in general) is an uncountable noun: 'We eat lots of fruit in our family.' 'Would anyone care for a piece of fruit?' (= an orange, apple, pear etc)

Fruits (= particular types of fruit) is rarely used in British English.

Longman Common Errors English vocabulary. Английский словарь распространенных ошибок Longman. 2012

FRUIT — I In its strict botanical sense, the fleshy or dry ripened ovary (enlarged portion of the pistil ) of a …
Английский словарь Британика
FRUIT — I. ˈfrüt, usu -üd.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fructus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FRUIT — — fruitlike , adj. /frooht/ , n. , pl. fruits , ( esp. collectively ) fruit , v. n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FRUIT — I. ˈfrüt noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from frut, fruit, from Latin fructus fruit, use, from frui to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FRUIT — vi to bear fruit. 2. fruit ·vt the produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of …
Webster English vocab
FRUIT — [fruit] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OF, fr. L fructus fruit, use, fr. frui to enjoy, have the use of--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FRUIT — in its strict botanical sense, the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a plant, enclosing the seed or seeds. Thus, …
Britannica English vocabulary
FRUIT — fruit BrE AmE fruːt ▷ fruited ˈfruːt ɪd -əd AmE ˈfruːt̬ əd ▷ fruiting ˈfruːt ɪŋ AmE ˈfruːt̬ ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FRUIT — / fruːt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] the part of a plant …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FRUIT — I. fruit 1 S2 W3 /fruːt/ BrE AmE noun ( plural fruit or fruits ) [ Word Family: noun : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FRUIT — n. & v. --n. 1 a the usu. sweet and fleshy edible product of a plant or tree, containing seed. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FRUIT — n. & v. n. 1 a the usu. sweet and fleshy edible product of a plant or tree, containing seed. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FRUIT — n. & v. --n. 1. a the usu. sweet and fleshy edible product of a plant or tree, containing seed. …
Oxford English vocab
FRUIT — ( fruit, or fruits, fruits, fruiting, fruited) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FRUIT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fruit basket (= containing fruits ) ▪ He had a fruit basket sent …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FRUIT — n. fruit sugar fruit bat fruit fly kiwi fruit Mediterranean fruit fly United Fruit Co.
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FRUIT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FRUIT — noun 1 part of a plant ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ overripe , ripe , unripe ▪ rotten ▪ candied , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FRUIT — n. 25B6; noun fresh fruit. : See list. the fruits of their labours : REWARD, benefit, profit, product, return, yield, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FRUIT — 1. сущ. 1) плод; мн. фрукты, плоды canned fruit амер., tinned fruit брит. ≈ консервированные фрукты citrus fruit ≈ цитрусовые …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FRUIT — fruit.ogg 1. fru:t n 1. плод fruits of the earth - плоды земные to bear fruit - плодоносить a tree …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FRUIT — 1. fru:t n 1. плод fruits of the earth - плоды земные to bear fruit - плодоносить a tree in …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FRUIT — 1. сущ. 1) плод; мн. фрукты, плоды canned fruit амер. , tinned fruit брит. — консервированные фрукты citrus fruit — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FRUIT — 1. сущ. 1) плод; мн. фрукты, плоды canned fruit амер., tinned fruit брит. — консервированные фрукты citrus fruit — цитрусовые Our country exports citrus …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FRUIT — 1) плод; плодоносить 2) фрукты • to bear fruit — плодоносить to set the fruits — завязывать плоды - accessory fruit - aggregate fruit - aggregate-accessory fruit - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
FRUIT — 1) плод; плодоносить 2) фрукты • to bear fruit — плодоносить to set the fruits — завязывать плоды - accessory …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
FRUIT — 1. _n. 1> плод; to bear fruit - плодоносить 2> _собир. фрукты; to grow fruit - разводить плодовые деревья - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FRUIT — 1. n. 1. плод; to bear fruit - плодоносить 2. собир. фрукты; to grow fruit - разводить плодовые деревья - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FRUIT
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
FRUIT — 1. сущ. 1) плод; мн. фрукты, плоды canned fruit амер., tinned fruit брит. ≈ консервированные фрукты citrus fruit ≈ цитрусовые …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FRUIT — fructe (-iferi, -osi, -iero,-venditor); v. dar fructe, fructificar
English interlingue dictionary
FRUIT — bunga (Noun) prutas (Noun) tiesa
English-Visayan vocabulary
FRUIT — I. noun Usage: often attributive see: brook Date: 12th century 1. a product of plant growth (as grain, vegetables, or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FRUIT — (v. i.) To bear fruit.
Английский словарь Webster
FRUIT — (v. t.) That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any action; advantageous or desirable product or result; disadvantageous …
Английский словарь Webster
FRUIT — (v. t.) The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body.
Английский словарь Webster
FRUIT — (v. t.) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the spores contained …
Английский словарь Webster
FRUIT — (v. t.) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with it.
Английский словарь Webster
FRUIT — (v. t.) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, …
Английский словарь Webster
FRUIT — (v. t.) Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, …
Английский словарь Webster
FRUIT — ( v. t. ) Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FRUIT — ( v. t. ) The spore cases or conceptacles of flowerless plants, as of ferns, mosses, algae, etc., with the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FRUIT — ( v. t. ) The ripened ovary of a flowering plant, with its contents and whatever parts are consolidated with …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FRUIT — ( v. t. ) The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FRUIT — ( v. t. ) The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FRUIT — ( v. t. ) That which is produced; the effect or consequence of any action; advantageous or desirable product or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FRUIT — ( v. i. ) To bear fruit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FRUIT — v. produce fruit; produce results
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FRUIT — n. edible growth of plants; result, product
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FRUIT — n. star fruit fruit sugar accessory fruit bear fruit fleshy fruit forbidden fruit fruit bat fruit fly fruit machine Mediterranean …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FRUIT — n. Function: intransitive verb Date: 14th century : to bear fruit transitive verb : to cause to bear fruit
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FRUIT — n. Pronunciation: ' früt Function: noun Usage: often attrib Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French frut, fruit, from Latin fructus fruit, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FRUIT — ■ noun 1》 the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FRUIT — (~, or ~s, ~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FRUIT — (PERSON) [noun] [C] [US and ANZ] [slang] - a male homosexual. Many people consider this word offensive.
Cambridge English vocab
FRUIT — n. In its strict botanical sense, the fleshy or dry ripened ovary (enlarged portion of the pistil ) of a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FRUIT — (noun, count) homosexual male term not used much today.
Slang English vocab
FRUIT
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FRUIT — n. 1. Produce ( of the earth for the supply of man and animals ), production, harvest, crop. 2. Product, …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
FRUIT — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
FRUIT — • ↑ bear fruit
Longman Activator English vocab
FRUIT — noun 1) плод; 2) гей
Dirty English-Russian vocab
FRUIT — n. 1) to grow ~ 2) (also fig .) to bear ~ (not all trees bear ~) 3) ripe; unripe …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
FRUIT — n. Often, fruits. product(s), result(s), revenue(s), outgrowth, outcome, consequence(s), return(s), advantage(s), benefit(s), profit(s), emolument, payment, income, compensation, recompense, desert(s) He …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Longman Common Errors English vocabulary

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