n. & v.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1. any small roundish juicy fruit without a stone.
2 Bot. a fruit with its seeds enclosed in a pulp (e.g. a banana, tomato, etc.).
3 any of various kernels or seeds (e.g. coffee bean etc.).
4 a fish egg or roe of a lobster etc.
--v.intr. (-ies, -ied)
1. (usu. as berrying n.) go gathering berries.
2 form a berry; bear berries.
Derivatives:
berried adj. (also in comb.).
Etymology: OE berie f. Gmc