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单词 fig
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fig

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noun (1)

ˈfig How to pronounce fig (audio)
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a
: an oblong or pear-shaped syconium fruit of a tree (genus Ficus) of the mulberry family
b
: a tree bearing figs : a ficus tree
especially : a widely cultivated tree (F. carica) that produces edible figs see also strangler fig, weeping fig compare banyan, peepul, rubber plant
2
: a worthless trifle : the least bit
doesn't care a fig

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  • fig 1

fig

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noun (2)

: dress, array
a young woman in dazzling royal full fig Mollie Panter-Downes

fig

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abbreviation

figurative; figuratively; figure

Synonyms

Noun (1)

  • beans
  • bubkes
  • bupkes
  • bupkus
  • continental
  • damn
  • darn
  • durn
  • diddly [slang]
  • diddly-squat [slang]
  • doodley-squat
  • doodly-squat
  • ghost
  • hoot
  • iota
  • jot
  • lick
  • modicum
  • rap
  • squat [slang]
  • syllable
  • tittle
  • whit
  • whoop
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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English fige, from Anglo-French, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fica, from Latin ficus fig tree, fig

Noun (2)

fig, verb, to adorn

First Known Use

Noun (1)

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun (2)

1835, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

fig

noun

ˈfig How to pronounce fig (audio)
: a sweet fruit that is oblong or shaped like a pear and is often eaten dried

Medical Definition

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noun

ˈfig How to pronounce fig (audio)
1
: an oblong or pear-shaped fruit that is a syconium
especially : the edible fruit of a widely cultivated tree (Ficus carica) that has laxative qualities
2
: any of a genus (Ficus) of trees of the mulberry family that produce figs

fig

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abbreviation

figure

fig

noun

as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable they choose to live modestly and don't seem to give a fig for the trappings of success

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • damn
  • lick
  • whit
  • hoot
  • little
  • squat
  • hint
  • iota
  • jot
  • shred
  • beans
  • continental
  • pin
  • doodley-squat
  • syllable
  • doodly-squat
  • tittle
  • darn
  • bit
  • modicum
  • whoop
  • speck
  • touch
  • diddly-squat
  • diddly
  • ounce
  • shade
  • trace
  • rap
  • peanuts
  • bupkus
  • ray
  • glimmer
  • nip
  • bupkes
  • bubkes
  • crumb
  • ghost
  • particle
  • mite
  • durn
  • semblance
  • dab
  • driblet
  • spot
  • smidgen
  • sprinkling
  • shadow
  • strain
  • smidgeon
  • suspicion
  • snap
  • skosh
  • scruple
  • smidge
  • smidgin
  • ace
  • streak
  • scrap
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