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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Ficus, especially F. carica, native to the Mediterranean region and widely cultivated for its edible multiple fruit.
  • n. The sweet, hollow, pear-shaped, multiple fruit of this plant, having numerous tiny seedlike fruits.
  • n. Any of several plants bearing similar fruit.
  • n. The fruit of such a plant.
  • n. A trivial or contemptible amount: not worth a fig; didn't care a fig.
  • n. Dress; array: in full fig.
  • n. Physical condition; shape: in fine fig.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
  • n. The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
  • v. To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.
  • n. Abbreviation of figure (diagram or illustration).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.
  • n. The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors.
  • n. A small piece of tobacco.
  • n. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt.
  • v. To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See fico.
  • v. To put into the head of, as something useless o� contemptible.
  • n. Figure; dress; array.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.
  • n. The common name for species of the genus Ficus, and for their fruit.
  • n. A name given to various plants having a fruit somewhat resembling the fig.
  • n. A florideous alga, Callithamnion floridulum.
  • n. The fig-tree.
  • n. A raisin.
  • n. In farriery, an excrescence on the frog of a horse's foot following a bruise.
  • n. A contemptuous gesture, pretended to be of Spanish origin, which consisted in thrusting out the thumb between the first and second fingers. Also called fig of Spain and fico.
  • n. As a colloquial standard of value or consideration, the merest trifle; the least bit: as, your opinion is not worth a fig; I don't care a fig for it.
  • To insult with ficos, or contemptuous motions of the fingers. See fig, n., 7, and fico.
  • To put into the head of, as something worthless or useless.
  • n. Dress; equipment: used chiefly in the phrase in full fig, in full or official dress.
  • n. Hence Condition; state of preparation or readiness: as, the horse is in good fig for the race.
  • To dress or deck: as, to fig one out.
  • To trick or hocus, as a horse, so as to make the animal appear lively or spirited, as by putting a piece of ginger into the anus.
  • A common abbreviation of figure.
  • n. In soap-making, same as figging.
  • n. An abbreviation of figurative or of figuratively.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
  • n. a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
  • n. Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
  • n. a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi
  • Verb Form
    figged    figging    figs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    figged    figging    fico   
    Form
    not give a fig    figgy    caprifig    fig leaf    figtree   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fico    figure    dress    array   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Whig    big    brig    dig    gig    jig    pig    pigg    prig    renege   
    Same Context
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    b    x    t    peach    p    banana    g    plum    ·    have