fruit
noun
[ fruːt ]
• the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food.
• "tropical fruits such as mangoes and papaya"
• a gay man.
fruit
verb
• (of a tree or other plant) produce fruit.
• "the trees fruit very early"
Similar:
produce fruit,
bear fruit,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin fructus ‘enjoyment of produce, harvest’, from frui ‘enjoy’, related to fruges ‘fruits of the earth’, plural (and most common form) of frux, frug- ‘fruit’.
bear fruit
• yield positive results.
• "plans for power-sharing may be about to bear fruit"
Similar:
yield results,
get results,
succeed,
meet with success,
be successful,
be effective,
be profitable,
work,
go as planned,
pay off,
come off,
pan out,
do the trick,
do the business,
Opposite:
come to nothing,
