Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bearing fruit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
fruit .
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Examples
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I can't blame people for buying them – spiced, fruited breads are delicious at any time of year – but equally, I do regret the spreading of their brief season.
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Nigella infuses the milk and melted butter with cardamom, cloves and orange zest before adding it to the flour and yeast, confessing, "I have gone rather cardamom-mad recently, but this short, aromatic infusion gives a heavenly scent to the little fruited buns later."
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Mulcahy and any other employee across the fruited plain have the legal right to organize, and Skico is prohibited from waylaying same.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Snow Job in Aspen Skico Pay Stinkeroo Michael Conniff 2011
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"I'm vegetable and fruited up," said 29-year-old producer and regular apple eater, Patrick Straub.
Getting Artsy-Cartsy Lizzie Simon 2011
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Mulcahy and any other employee across the fruited plain have the legal right to organize, and Skico is prohibited from waylaying same.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Snow Job in Aspen Skico Pay Stinkeroo Michael Conniff 2011
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Native to America, the Concord and its peers like Niagara (the love child of the Concord and Cassady grape; first fruited in 1872), Jupiter (a seedless variety released by the University of Arkansas in 1998) and Delaware (discovered circa 1850 in Ohio), make only a brief cameo at markets during late summer and early fall.
Flight of the Concords Ian Knauer 2011
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Enjoy beautiful fall colors on red maples, yellow ginkgos and fruited trees in the museum's permanent collection during peak season. 10 a. m.-4 p.m.
Green Scene: The bounty of fall includes tours, lectures and workshops Joel M. Lerner 2010
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I love fruit desserts; I opt for something fruited over something not almost any time … Understanding what to look for in ripeness or the names of fruit allows the reader to feel more comfortable in purchasing something they might not have in the past.
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There's no doubt it is happening all across the fruited plain.
Mitch Daniels and the austerity trap Jennifer Rubin 2011
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Yes, a "debate" that has been raging in editorial offices all across the fruited plane, as I noted in this May 17, 2009, post (scroll down to #4).
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