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fig

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[ fig ]

noun

  1. any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, especially a small tree, F. carica, native to southwestern Asia, bearing a turbinate or pear-shaped fruit that is eaten fresh, preserved, or dried.
  2. the fruit of such a tree or shrub, or of any related species.
  3. any of various plants having a fruit somewhat resembling this.
  4. a contemptibly trifling or worthless amount; the least bit:

    His help wasn't worth a fig.

  5. a gesture of contempt.


fig

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[ fig ]

noun

  1. dress or array:

    to appear at a party in full fig.

  2. condition:

    to feel in fine fig.

fig.

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abbreviation for

  1. figurative.
  2. figuratively.
  3. figure; figures.

fig.

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abbreviation for

  1. figurative(ly)
  2. figure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fig

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/ fɪɡ /

noun

  1. any moraceous tree or shrub of the tropical and subtropical genus Ficus , in which the flowers are borne inside a pear-shaped receptacle
  2. the fruit of any of these trees, esp of F. carica , which develops from the receptacle and has sweet flesh containing numerous seedlike structures
  3. any of various plants or trees having a fruit similar to this
  4. Hottentot fig or sour fig
    a succulent plant, Mesembryanthemum edule , of southern Africa, having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp: family Aizoaceae
  5. used with a negative something of negligible value; jot

    I don't care a fig for your opinion

  6. dialect.
    Alsofeg a piece or segment from an orange
  7. Also calledfico an insulting gesture made with the thumb between the first two fingers or under the upper teeth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fig

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/ fɪɡ /

verb

  1. foll byout or up to dress (up) or rig (out)
  2. to administer stimulating drugs to (a horse)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. dress, appearance, or array (esp in the phrase in full fig )
  2. physical condition or form

    in bad fig

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fig1

1175–1225; Middle English fige < Old French < Old Provençal figa < Vulgar Latin *fīca, for Latin fīcus

Origin of fig2

1685–95; earlier feague to liven, whip up < German fegen to furbish, sweep, clean; akin to fair 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fig1

C13: from Old French figue , from Old Provençal figa , from Latin fīcus fig tree

Origin of fig2

C17 feague , of uncertain origen
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Idioms and Phrases

see under not give a damn .
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Example Sentences

It is also present in other foods like soya and rice drinks, white bread, nuts, seeds and fruits like dried figs, curly kale and canned sardines, and it is also in lactose-free milk.

From BBC

As journalist Michael Hobbes pointed out on Bluesky, however, such rhetoric is one of the fig leaves vaccine critics use "to make their ideas seem palatable."

From Salon

And it has this beautiful arch above the doorway with like an ivy or creeping fig — we called it “The Eyebrow House” because it looked like a beautiful eyebrow around the door.

The dried apricots and figs should be quartered, and the apple diced to a similar size.

From Salon

It uses Mexican moonshine with fig, green apple, lemon, milk and vanilla tea — ingredients that would’ve been common in the early 19th century.

From Salon

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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