Cherry
['tʃerɪ] or ['tʃɛri]
Definition
(noun.) a red fruit with a single hard stone.
(noun.) any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood.
(noun.) wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry.
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Definition
(n.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;
(n.) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Medoc in France).
(n.) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry).
(n.) The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors.
(n.) The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc.
(n.) A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
(a.) Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.
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Definition
n. a small bright-red stone-fruit: the tree that bears it.—adj. like a cherry in colour: ruddy.—ns. Cherr′y-brand′y a pleasant liqueur made by steeping Morello cherries in brandy; Cherr′y-lau′rel the common English name for the Cerasus Lauro-Cerasus of Asia Minor; Cherr′y-pepp′er a West Indian species of Capsicum; Cherr′y-pie a pie made of cherries; the common heliotrope; Cherr′y-pit a game which consists in throwing cherry-stones into a small hole; Cherr′y-stone the hard seed of the cherry.
v.t. (Spens.) to cheer.
Typist: Manfred
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of cherries, denotes you will gain popularity by your amiability and unselfishness. To eat them, portends possession of some much desired object. To see green ones, indicates approaching good fortune.
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Examples
- Some prefer a preparation in the form of a paste, as follows: =Cherry Tooth Paste. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Not more than six or eight will probably come, so I shall hire a beach wagon and borrow Mr. Laurence's cherry-bounce. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The lumber from the redwood tree is light, and ranges in color from medium to light cherry, while the lumber from the Big Trees, or _Sequoia Gigantia_, has a decided pink cast. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Moisten the leaves with a solution of the opium extract in the cherry-laurel water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- To-day I can see those lamps rising to a cherry red, like glowbugs, and hear Mr. Edison saying 'a little more juice,' and the lamps began to glow. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Small, shining, neat, methodical, and buxom was Miss Peecher; cherry-cheeked and tuneful of voice. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She drank cherry-brandy after dinner, continued his Reverence, and took curacao with her coffee. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Then, she turned faint; and was so very ill that they were obliged to give her cherry brandy. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The files, except those that are used for soft substances, are hardened by heating them to a cherry-red color and then dipping them in water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Will anybody be so good as find a ribbon; a cherry-coloured ribbon? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The grapes or the cherries are sour--'hung too high. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- For God's sake, exclaimed George Lamb, with his mouth full of dried cherries, for God's sake, do not play the fool with me! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Cherries are sometimes bleached and then colored with the bright shades which under natural conditions indicate freshness. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- And the dried cherries too! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The mistress and maid had been in full feud the whole day, on the subject of preserving certain black cherries, hard as marbles, sour as sloes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Kent, sir--everybody knows Kent--apples, cherries, hops, and women. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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