apple

/ˈæp.əl/

noun

  1. 1

    A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.

  2. 2

    Any of various tree-borne fruits or vegetables especially considered as resembling an apple; also (with qualifying words) used to form the names of other specific fruits such as custard apple, rose apple, thorn apple etc.

  3. 3

    The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to post-Biblical Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit.

  4. 4

    A tree of the genus Malus, especially one cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree.

  5. 5

    The wood of the apple tree.

  6. 6

    (in the plural) Short for apples and pears, slang for stairs.

  7. 7

    The ball in baseball.

  8. 8

    When smiling, the round, fleshy part of the cheeks between the eyes and the corners of the mouth.

  9. 9

    A Native American or red-skinned person who acts and/or thinks like a white (Caucasian) person.

  10. 10

    (ice hockey slang) An assist.

verb

  1. 1

    To become apple-like.

  2. 2

    To form buds.

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