fig
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishFoodfigfig /fɪɡ/ noun [countable]1
DFa soft sweet fruit with a lot of small seeds, often eaten dried, or the tree on which this fruit grows2 → not give a fig/not care a fig (about/for something/somebody)Examples from the Corpusfig• The fellow said he didn't give a fig about life so why should he fear death?• Her mouth was pursed like a little fig, and her face had momentarily registered some expression as she looked at me.Numbersfig.fig.1 HMNthe written abbreviation of figure2 EXACTthe written abbreviation of figurativeOrigin fig (1200-1300) Old French figue, from Latin ficus
DFa soft sweet fruit with a lot of small seeds, often eaten dried, or the tree on which this fruit grows2 → not give a fig/not care a fig (about/for something/somebody)Examples from the Corpusfig• The fellow said he didn't give a fig about life so why should he fear death?• Her mouth was pursed like a little fig, and her face had momentarily registered some expression as she looked at me.Numbersfig.fig.1 HMNthe written abbreviation of figure2 EXACTthe written abbreviation of figurativeOrigin fig (1200-1300) Old French figue, from Latin ficus- in behalf of
- in behalf of somebody
- in between
- in between
- in bewilderment
- in big trouble
- in black and white
- in bloom
- in blossom
- in bondage
- in bounds
- in bounds of bounds
- in bounds/out of bounds
- in brackets
- in braids
- in brief
- in broad daylight
- in broad etc terms
- in buckets
- in bud
- in bulk
- in camera
- in capable etc hands
- in captivity
- in care