DEAD SEA FRUIT

Meaning of DEAD SEA FRUIT in English

something that appears to be beautiful or full of promise but is in reality nothing but illusion and disappointment.

[ 1810-20 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

DEAD SEA FRUIT — noun see dead sea apple 1
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEA — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) sea parrot sea coot sea scorpion sea star seismic sea wave sea trout Southern …
Английский словарь Британика
FRUIT — I In its strict botanical sense, the fleshy or dry ripened ovary (enlarged portion of the pistil ) of a …
Английский словарь Британика
SEA — I. ˈsē noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English see, from Old English sǣ; akin to Old Frisian sē sea, …
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FRUIT — I. ˈfrüt, usu -üd.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fructus …
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DEAD — I. ˈded adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old High German …
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SEA — /see/ , n. 1. the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface. 2. a division of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FRUIT — — fruitlike , adj. /frooht/ , n. , pl. fruits , ( esp. collectively ) fruit , v. n. 1. …
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DEAD — — deadness , n. /ded/ , adj., deader, deadest , n. , adv. adj. 1. no longer living; deprived of …
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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
DEAD — I. ˈded adjective Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old Norse dauthr dead, deyja to die, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEA — noun fig.: anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory. 2. sea ·noun a great brazen laver …
Webster English vocab
FRUIT — vi to bear fruit. 2. fruit ·vt the produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of …
Webster English vocab
DEAD — adj bringing death; deadly. 2. dead ·adj destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. 3. dead ·noun one who is …
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SEA — [sea] n [ME see, fr. OE sae; akin to OHG se sea, Goth saiws] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a great …
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FRUIT — [fruit] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OF, fr. L fructus fruit, use, fr. frui to enjoy, have the use of--more …
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DEAD — [dead] adj [ME deed, fr. OE dead; akin to ON dauthr dead, deyja to die, OHG tot dead--more at die] …
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FRUIT — in its strict botanical sense, the fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a plant, enclosing the seed or seeds. Thus, …
Britannica English vocabulary
SEA — sea BrE AmE siː (= see) ▷ seas siːz ▶ ˈ sea a ˌ nemone BrE AmE ▶ ˈ sea …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FRUIT — fruit BrE AmE fruːt ▷ fruited ˈfruːt ɪd -əd AmE ˈfruːt̬ əd ▷ fruiting ˈfruːt ɪŋ AmE ˈfruːt̬ ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DEAD — dead BrE AmE ded ▷ deader ˈded ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ deadest ˈded ɪst -əst ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SEA — / siː; NAmE / noun 1. (often the sea ) [ U ] (also literary seas [ pl. ]) ( …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FRUIT — / fruːt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] the part of a plant …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAD — / ded; NAmE / adjective , noun , adverb ■ adjective NOT ALIVE 1. no longer alive : My mother's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEA — sea S2 W1 /siː/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sæ ] 1 . [uncountable and countable] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FRUIT — I. fruit 1 S2 W3 /fruːt/ BrE AmE noun ( plural fruit or fruits ) [ Word Family: noun : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEAD — I. dead 1 S1 W1 /ded/ BrE AmE adjective [no comparative] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ dead , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
FRUIT — n. & v. --n. 1 a the usu. sweet and fleshy edible product of a plant or tree, containing seed. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FRUIT — n. & v. n. 1 a the usu. sweet and fleshy edible product of a plant or tree, containing seed. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
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SEA
Oxford English vocab
FRUIT — n. & v. --n. 1. a the usu. sweet and fleshy edible product of a plant or tree, containing seed. …
Oxford English vocab
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Oxford English vocab
SEA — ( seas) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The sea is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FRUIT — ( fruit, or fruits, fruits, fruiting, fruited) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. …
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DEAD — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A person, animal, or plant that …
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SEA
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FRUIT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fruit basket (= containing fruits ) ▪ He had a fruit basket sent …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEAD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SEA — [noun] - the salty water which covers a large part of the surface of the Earth, or a large area …
Cambridge English vocab
DEAD — (COMPLETE) [adjective] [before noun], [adverb] [not gradable] - complete(ly)The braking system enables the car to come from 100 km an …
Cambridge English vocab
SEA — n. sea slug sea parrot sea coot sea scorpion sea star seismic sea wave sea trout Southern Sea Adriatic Sea …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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
DEAD — INDEX: 1. no longer alive RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ ALIVE body of a dead person : ↑ BODY see also …
Longman Activator English vocab
SEA — n. 25B6; noun the sea sparkled in the sun : (THE) OCEAN, the waves; informal the drink; Brit. informal the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FRUIT — n. 25B6; noun fresh fruit. : See list. the fruits of their labours : REWARD, benefit, profit, product, return, yield, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEAD — n. 25B6; adjective my parents are dead : PASSED ON/AWAY, expired, departed, gone, no more; late, lost, lamented; perished, fallen, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEAD — adj. 1 deceased, defunct, extinct, gone, departed, late, lifeless, no more, Colloq done for, Slang Brit gone for a burton …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FRUIT — noun BAD : The shop sells fruits and vegetables. GOOD : The shop sells fruit and vegetables. BAD : I …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SEA — 1. сущ. 1) а) водная поверхность земного шара; море at sea ≈ в море beyond/over the sea(s) ≈ за морем; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FRUIT — 1. сущ. 1) плод; мн. фрукты, плоды canned fruit амер., tinned fruit брит. ≈ консервированные фрукты citrus fruit ≈ цитрусовые …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEAD — 1. прил. 1) а) мертвый, бездыханный; умерший, скончавшийся to drop dead ≈ неожиданно умереть (от сердечного приступа) The doctor pronounced …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SEA — sea.ogg si: n 1. 1> водная поверхность земного шара; море, океан open sea - открытое море closed /enclosed, inland/ sea …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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
DEAD — dead.ogg 1. ded n 1. (the dead) собир. мёртвые, умершие, покойники the dead and the living - мёртвые и живые …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SEA — 1) море 2) волна 3) волнение • - abyssal sea - arisen sea - calm sea - choppy sea - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SEA — 1) море 2) волна 3) волнение • - abyssal sea - arisen sea - calm sea - choppy sea - confused sea - following sea - green sea - head sea - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SEA — 1) волнение 2) кингстонный 3) море 4) морской • beam on the sea — лагом к волне compartment is open to sea — отсек имеет пробоину pitching …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SEA — 1. sea сущ.1) а) водная поверхность земного шара; море at sea — в море beyond/over the sea(s) — за морем; …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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