Apple
['æp(ə)l] or ['æpl]
Definition
(noun.) fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh.
(noun.) native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits.
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Definition
(n.) The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones.
(n.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
(n.) Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
(n.) Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
(v. i.) To grow like an apple; to bear apples.
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Definition
n. the fruit of the apple-tree.—ns. Ap′ple-blight the rotting substances found on apple-trees caused by the Apple-aphis (see Aphis); Ap′ple-John (Shak.) a variety of apple considered to be in perfection when shrivelled and withered—also John′-ap′ple; Ap′ple-pie a pie made with apples; Ap′ple-wife Ap′ple-wom′an a woman who sells apples at a stall.—Apple of discord any cause of envy and contention from the golden apple inscribed 'for the fairest ' thrown by Eris goddess of discord into the assembly of the gods and claimed by Aphrodite (Venus) Pallas (Minerva) and Hera (Juno). The dispute being referred to Paris of Troy he decided in favour of Aphrodite to the undying and fatal wrath of Hera against his city; Apple of Sodom or Dead Sea fruit described by Josephus as fair to look upon but turning when touched into ashes: any fair but disappointing thing; Apple of the eye the eyeball: something especially dear; Apple-pie order complete order.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
This is a very good dream to the majority of people. To see red apples on trees with green foliage is exceedingly propitious to the dreamer. To eat them is not as good, unless they be faultless. A friend who interprets dreams says: ``Ripe apples on a tree, denotes that the time has arrived for you to realize your hopes; think over what you intend to do, and go fearlessly ahead. Ripe on the top of the tree, warns you not to aim too high. Apples on the ground imply that false friends, and flatterers are working you harm. Decayed apples typify hopeless efforts.''
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Examples
- The war of the rebellion was no exception to this rule, and the story of the apple tree is one of those fictions based on a slight foundation of fact. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We use the crab-apple for preserving even now, although man’s ingenuity has succeeded in inducing nature to give us many better tasting kinds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then it laughed, turning, with strong hands outstretched, at last to take the apple of his desire. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The method most commonly practiced in working with apple trees is called bud-grafting, and consists of transferring a plate of bark, with one or more buds attached, from one tree to another. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Ahead the road turned off to the left and there was a little hill and, beyond a stone wall, an apple orchard. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I think she's a-injurin' herself gradivally vith too much o' that 'ere pine-apple rum, and other strong medicines of the same natur. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She said I had kept the parcel so long in the pockets of my corduroys, that the apple was unpleasantly warm. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Or a Jonathan apple as you bit into it? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Patty makes an excellent apple-dumpling. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The result was that at Smith & McNell's he decided on apple dumplings and a cup of coffee, than which he never ate anything more appetizing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As it was, he became, for the present, the apple of their eye. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This was the glistening, forbidden apple, this face of a man. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- That apple-peel is to be eaten by the pigs, Ben; if you eat it, I must give them your piece of pasty. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Bought 'em at Nathan's; very glad you like 'em; and eh, Amelia, my dear, I bought a pine-apple at the same time, which I gave to Sambo. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Not that I had any doubt beforeI have so often heard Mr. Woodhouse recommend a baked apple. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Miss Fanshawe's travels, gaieties, and flirtations agreed with her mightily; she had become quite plump, her cheeks looked as round as apples. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- As soon as you have finished getting the apples, her aunt said, descending the ladder, come down, and we'll go for the holly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The girls were eating cheese and apples. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Hay and straw were stored in that portion of the place, fagots for firing, and a heap of apples in sand. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Jane and I are both so shocked about the apples! Jane Austen. Emma.
- Wild yeast settles on the skin of grapes and apples, but since it does not have access to the fruit juices within, it remains inactive very much as a seed does before it is planted. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- And they lie all tumbled about on the green, like the crab-apples that you shake down to your swine. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Provision of oranges, apples, and nuts was also made. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The apples themselves are the very finest sort for baking, beyond a doubt; all from Donwellsome of Mr. Knightley's most liberal supply. Jane Austen. Emma.
- There is a strange unwholesome smell upon the room, like mildewed corduroys, sweet apples wanting air, and rotten books. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But they are apples of Sodom, as a matter of fact, Dead Sea Fruit, gall-apples. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And when I brought out the baked apples from the closet, and hoped our friends would be so very obliging as to take some, 'Oh! Jane Austen. Emma.
- The commodities chiefly exposed for sale in the public streets are marine stores, hard-bake, apples, flat-fish, and oysters. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- To study the human heart thus, is to banquet secretly and sacrilegiously on Eve's apples. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Piani found wine too and apples. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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