Pear
[peə] or [pɛr]
Definition
(noun.) sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties.
(noun.) Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties.
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Definition
(n.) The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus communis), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See Pear family, below.
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Definition
n. a common fruit of a somewhat conical shape and very juicy to the taste: the tree on which it grows allied to the apple.—adj. Pear′iform Pear′-shaped shaped like a pear—that is thick and rounded at one end and tapering to the other.—n. Pear′-tree.
n. (Spens.). Same as Peer.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of eating pears, denotes poor success and debilitating health. To admire the golden fruit upon graceful trees, denotes that fortune will wear a more promising aspect than formerly. To dream of gathering them, denotes pleasant surprises will follow quickly upon disappointment. To preserve them, denotes that you will take reverses philosophically. Baking them, denotes insipid love and friendships.
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Examples
- Wonder was expressed over the blazing horseshoe that glowed within a pear-shaped globe. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I suppose,' with a jerk, 'you have sometimes plucked a pear before it was ripe, Master Copperfield? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Margaret went along the walk under the pear-tree wall. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Mary was in a grassy corner of the garden, where there was a swing loftily hung between two pear-trees. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Methusaleh, the pear-tree, stood at the further end of this walk, near my seat: he rose up, dim and gray, above the lower shrubs round him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The pear, though cultivated in classical times, appears, from Pliny's description, to have been a fruit of very inferior quality. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The pear can be grafted far more readily on the quince, which is ranked as a distinct genus, than on the apple, which is a member of the same genus. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- One great old pear-tree--the nun's pear-tree--stood up a tall dryad skeleton, grey, gaunt, and stripped. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But the idea of pears had taken possession of Mr. Hale's mind, and was not to be got rid of. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Pears that he can't qualify, neither. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mas'r George is such a beautiful reader, now, I know he'll stay to read for us, said Aunt Chloe; 'pears like 't will be so much more interestin'. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- This might have stopped another man; but Bar, sticking to him fresh as ever, said, 'As to pears, now? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Sweet peaches, apples, grapes, contain a moderate amount of sugar; watermelons, pears, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I knew 't was no use of my trying to live, if they did it; for 't 'pears like this child is all I have. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I would go; 'pears like I never should get rested again. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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