apple
noun
- 1
A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.
- 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
The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to post-Biblical Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit.
- 4
A tree of the genus Malus, especially one cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree.
- 5
The wood of the apple tree.
- 6
(in the plural) Short for apples and pears, slang for stairs.
- 7
The ball in baseball.
- 8
When smiling, the round, fleshy part of the cheeks between the eyes and the corners of the mouth.
- 9
A Native American or red-skinned person who acts and/or thinks like a white (Caucasian) person.
- 10
(ice hockey slang) An assist.
verb
- 1
To become apple-like.
- 2
To form buds.
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