APPLE


Meaning of APPLE in English

ap ‧ ple S2 W3 /ˈæp ə l/ BrE AmE noun

[ Language: Old English ; Origin: æppel ]

1 . [uncountable and countable] a hard round fruit that has red, light green, or yellow skin and is white inside:

apple pie

an apple tree

roast pork and apple sauce (=a thick sauce made from cooked apples)

⇨ ↑ cooking apple , ↑ eating apple

2 . be the apple of sb’s eye to be loved very much by someone:

Ben was always the apple of his father’s eye.

3 . bob/dunk/dip for apples to play a game in which you must use your teeth to pick up apples floating in water

4 . be as American as apple pie used to describe something that is typically American

5 . the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree American English used to say that children are usually similar to their parents, especially in a bad way

⇨ upset the apple cart at ↑ upset 1 (4), ⇨ a rotten apple at ↑ rotten 1 (7), ⇨ ADAM’S APPLE , ↑ Big Apple

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COLLOCATIONS

■ adjectives

▪ juicy

a juicy green apple

▪ sweet

This apple’s really sweet and delicious.

▪ sour/tart (=not at all sweet)

Some people prefer a slightly sour apple.

▪ rotten (=bad, so that the skin goes brown)

There were a few rotten apples lying on the ground.

▪ an eating/dessert apple (=one which is sweet enough to eat)

Use dessert apples for this recipe.

▪ a cooking apple

▪ a baked apple (=one that has been cooked in the oven)

■ verbs

▪ eat an apple

Some people say that you should eat an apple every day.

▪ bite into an apple

Sue bit into her apple with a loud crunch.

▪ munch on an apple (=eat it)

He was munching on an apple.

▪ peel an apple (=remove the skin)

Peel the apples and slice them finely.

▪ core an apple (=remove the middle part containing the seeds)

Core the apples and cut into quarters.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.