fruit
part of speech
noun (fruit — usually no plural for the food; fruits — kinds of fruit); verb (fruit — to make fruit)
meaning for a pupil
1) Fruit is the sweet or juicy part of a plant that holds its seeds and that you can eat, like an apple, a pear, a plum or a banana. tree →
2) In science, a fruit is any part of a flowering plant that grows from the flower and holds seeds, so tomatoes and peppers are fruits too. tree →
3) The fruits of work are its good results. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: The first-fruits were brought to the Temple; tradition also teaches blessings over fruit and the law that a young tree's fruit may not be eaten for three years. In the primary lessons: the kind that includes apples, pears, plums and bananas («How many fruits are on the table?» counts all of them together); in everyday life healthy eating, fruit salad, fruit juice; in science seeds and how plants spread them
examples
- All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the locust possess. (Torah DEU.28.42, JPS 1917) tree →
- The choicest first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. (Torah EXO.23.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- The choicest first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. (Torah EXO.34.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. (Writings NEH.13.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase. (Writings PSA.107.37, JPS 1917) tree →
- Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his precious fruits. (Writings SNG.4.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- How many fruits are on the table? tree →
- Mia has 3 apples and 4 pears. How many pieces of fruit does she have? tree →
- A bowl holds 12 fruits. tree →
- Eat some fruit every day. tree →
- Oranges, grapes and kiwis are fruits. tree →
- Mum made a fruit salad for dessert. tree →
- A tomato is a fruit in science but we cook it like a vegetable. tree →
- Birds eat fruit and spread the seeds. tree →
- King Vuislaf has an apple-tree which bears golden fruits. tree →
note
«fruit» is usually uncountable for food (some fruit, a piece of fruit); «fruits» is used for kinds or when counting. «How many fruits» counts all apples, pears, plums and bananas together. Trap: do not count cups, spoons, books or pencils as fruit.
In the corpora
- And the woman said unto the serpent: 'Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;
- And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
- The choicest first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God.
- The choicest first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God.
- And in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy, for giving praise unto the LORD.
Trees and pragmatics
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