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To bear fruit; to generate useful products or ideas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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To make productive or fruitful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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bear fruit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: set
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Broader terms: reproduce, procreate, multiply
make productive or fruitful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The earth that he fructified
Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
become productive or fruitful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French fructefier.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
нося плод
— to bear fruit
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French:
fructifier
— to bear fruit
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Old French:
fructefier
— to bear fruit
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Greek:
καρποφορώ
(karpoforó)
— to bear fruit
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Ido:
fruktifar
— to bear fruit
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Italian:
fruttificare
— to bear fruit
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Polish:
obradzać
— to bear fruit
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Polish:
obrodzić
— to bear fruit
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Polish:
owocować
— to bear fruit
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Polish:
zaowocować
— to bear fruit
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Spanish:
fructificar
— to bear fruit
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Swedish:
bära frukt
— to bear fruit