Produce
[prə'djuːs] or [prə'dus]
Definition
(noun.) fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market.
(verb.) create or manufacture a man-made product; 'We produce more cars than we can sell'; 'The company has been making toys for two centuries'.
(verb.) bring forth or yield; 'The tree would not produce fruit'.
(verb.) cause to happen, occur or exist; 'This procedure produces a curious effect'; 'The new law gave rise to many complaints'; 'These chemicals produce a noxious vapor'; 'the new President must bring about a change in the health care system'.
(verb.) bring out for display; 'The proud father produced many pictures of his baby'; 'The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him'.
(verb.) bring onto the market or release; 'produce a movie'; 'bring out a book'; 'produce a new play'.
Inputed by Jon--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.
(v. t.) To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain.
(v. t.) To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice produces misery.
(v. t.) To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares.
(v. t.) To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit.
(v. t.) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore.
(v. t.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle.
(v. i.) To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects, consequences, or results.
(n.) That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product; yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural labors
(n.) agricultural products.
Typist: Toni
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Exhibit, show, bring forward, bring out, bring into view, hold up to view, bring to light.[2]. Beget, procreate, engender, generate, propagate, breed, bring into being.[3]. Cause, occasion, originate, make, create, effect, give rise to.[4]. Yield, bear, furnish, supply, give, afford, impart, render, bestow.[5]. Extend, protract, prolong, draw out, lengthen.
n. [1]. Product.[2]. Agricultural products.
Typed by Dave
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Exhibit, bear, furbish, afford, cause, create, originate, yield, extend,prolong, lengthen
ANT:Withdraw, retain, stifle, withhold, neutralize, destroy, annihilate, curtail,shorten, contract, reduce
SYN:Product, yield, fruit, profit, effect, consequence, result, amount,[SeeRESULT]
Edited by Darrell
Definition
v.t. to bring forward: to make longer: to bring forth: to bear: to exhibit: to yield: to bring about: to cause: (geom.) to extend.—v.i. to yield: to create value.—ns. Prod′uce that which is produced: product: proceeds: crops: yield; Prod′uce-brok′er a dealer in natural products esp. foreign or colonial; Produc′er; Producibil′ity.—adj. Produc′ible that may be produced: that may be generated or made: that may be exhibited.—n. Produc′ibleness.—adj. Produc′tile capable of being drawn out in length.
Edited by Lizzie
Examples
- Both should be forbidden, in my judgment; I would take the annual produce and no more. Plato. The Republic.
- Gay-Lussac found that two volumes of h ydrogen combined with one volume of oxygen to produce two volumes of water vapor. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Many varieties of coal produce a quantity of fine dust which settles in the roadways, on roof, and sides, and floor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The tithe, which is but a tenth of the produce, is found to be a very great hindrance to improvement. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the present state of Europe, the share of the landlord seldom exceeds a third, sometimes not a fourth part of the whole produce of the land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Scientists and inventors now had two forms of electrical machines to produce light: the voltaic battery and the magneto-electric apparatus. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- She paused for this announcement to produce its effect. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- In the same odd way, yet with the same rapidity, he then produced singly, and rubbed out singly, the letters forming the words Bleak House. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The bottle and jug were again produced, and he mixed a weak draught, and another, and drank both in quick succession. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Musical instruments maybe divided into three groups according to the different ways in which their tones are produced:-- _First. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I feel how vivid an impression I must have produced to have been painted in such strong, such rich, such massive colours as these. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The poor creature interrupted me with loud sobs, which produced such a dreadful fit of coughing, I thought that she would have expired on the spot. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He produced the little casket, and made exactly the same application which he had afterwards made to me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The amount of petroleum produced in the United States in 1896 was 60,960,361 barrels, the largest yield on record. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In this diagram G<1S> and G<2S> represent two generators, each producing current at a potential of 110 volts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Inasmuch as the nitrogen of liquid air evaporates first, and leaves nearly pure liquid oxygen, it may also be employed as a means for producing and applying oxygen. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Contaminated water is made safe by boiling for a few minutes, because the strong heat destroys the disease-producing germs. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The owner of bank money cannot draw out bullion, without producing to the bank receipts for the quantity which he wants. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Where they remark the resemblance, it operates after the manner of a relation, by producing a connexion of ideas. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Manners would have been producing the bottle and having a formal drink. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- By means of an apparatus called the siren, it is possible to calculate the number of vibrations producing any given musical note, such, for example, as middle C on the piano. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Barren timber for building is of great value in a populous and well-cultivated country, and the land which produces it affords a considerable rent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The preservation of food is also dependent on ammonia, which produces the refrigerating effect in the numerous cold storage houses and artificial ice plants in this country. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The improved instrument produces untempered tones without requiring extraordinary variations from the usual arrangement of the keys. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The double relation between the ideas and impressions subsists in both cases, and produces an easy transition from the one emotion to the other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- A fit of the gout produces a long train of passions, as grief, hope, fear; but is not derived immediately from any affection or idea. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The more there is of it, the more it produces every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and quicker. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This it is, her not caring about you, which gives her such a soft skin, and makes her so much taller, and produces all these charms and graces! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
Edited by Kitty