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fig 1 F0113700 (fĭg)n.1. a. Any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Ficus, especially F. carica, native to the Mediterranean region and widely cultivated for its edible multiple fruit.b. The sweet, hollow, pear-shaped, multiple fruit of this plant, having many tiny seedlike fruits.2. a. Any of several plants bearing similar fruit.b. The fruit of such a plant.3. A trivial or contemptible amount: not worth a fig. [Middle English, from Old French figue, from Old Provençal figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus.]
fig 2 F0113700 (fĭg)n.1. Dress; array: in full fig.2. Physical condition; shape: in fine fig. [Perhaps from fig, to trot out a horse in lively condition, dress up, variant of feague, to make a horse lively, probably from Dutch vegen, to brush, from Middle Dutch vēghen.]fig (fɪɡ) n1. (Plants) any moraceous tree or shrub of the tropical and subtropical genus Ficus, in which the flowers are borne inside a pear-shaped receptacle2. (Plants) the fruit of any of these trees, esp of F. carica, which develops from the receptacle and has sweet flesh containing numerous seedlike structures3. (Plants) any of various plants or trees having a fruit similar to this4. (Plants) Hottentot fig sour fig a succulent plant, Mesembryanthemum edule, of southern Africa, having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp: family Aizoaceae5. (used with a negative) something of negligible value; jot: I don't care a fig for your opinion. 6. dialect Also: feg a piece or segment from an orange7. Also called: fico an insulting gesture made with the thumb between the first two fingers or under the upper teeth[C13: from Old French figue, from Old Provençal figa, from Latin fīcus fig tree]
fig (fɪɡ) vb (tr) , figs, figging or figged1. (foll by: out or up) to dress (up) or rig (out)2. (Horse Racing) to administer stimulating drugs to (a horse)n3. dress, appearance, or array (esp in the phrase in full fig)4. physical condition or form: in bad fig. [C17 feague, of uncertain origin]fig1 (fɪg) n. 1. any tree or shrub of the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, bearing syconia as its fruit. 2. the turbinate or pear-shaped fruit of such a tree or shrub. 3. a contemptibly trifling amount; the least bit: Their help wasn't worth a fig. 4. a gesture of contempt. [1175–1225; Middle English fige < Old French < Old Provençal figa « Latin fīcus] fig2 (fɪg) n. 1. dress or array: to appear at a party in full fig. 2. condition: to feel in fine fig. [1685–95; earlier feague to liven, whip up < German fegen to furbish, sweep, clean; akin to fair1] fig. 1. figurative. 2. figuratively. 3. figure. fig Past participle: figged Gerund: figging
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I would have figged | you would have figged | he/she/it would have figged | we would have figged | you would have figged | they would have figged | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | fig - a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"figureillustration - artwork that helps make something clear or attractive | | 2. | fig - Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruitcommon fig, common fig tree, Ficus caricafig - fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or driedfig tree - any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when maturecaprifig, Ficus carica sylvestris - wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figssyconium - the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets | | 3. | FIG - a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate QaddafiAl-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Groupact of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fearLibya, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum | | 4. | fig - fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or driededible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet fleshcommon fig, common fig tree, Ficus carica, fig - Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit | Translationsfig (fig) noun a type of soft pear-shaped fruit, often eaten dried. 無花果 无花果fig
give (one) the figTo insult another person, typically with a rude gesture called the "fig" or "fico" (in which someone puts the thumb between the first two fingers or in the mouth). What are you giving me the fig for, I didn't even say anything insulting!See also: fig, givefig leafSomething used to hide an embarrassing or shameful problem. In the Bible, Adam and Eve used fig leaves to conceal their genitals after they became ashamed of their nakedness. Gary used humor as a fig leaf to conceal the fact that he was struggling with depression.See also: fig, leafnot worth a figUnimportant; insignificant. I know you're upset that the decor wasn't exactly as you designed it, but that's not worth a fig when you consider how spectacular the gala was overall.See also: fig, not, worthnot give a fig about (someone or something)To not care about, or have any interest in, someone or something. Jared does not give a fig about wedding planning so his bride-to-be has to make all of the decisions.See also: fig, give, not(not) care a figTo be concerned about someone or something. Typically used in the negative to convey the opposite. I don't care a fig about making money, I just want to do something with my life that makes life better for others. I haven't cared a fig for the show ever since they killed off my favorite character. Do whatever you want, I don't care a fig.See also: care, figbe not worth a figTo be unimportant or insignificant. I know you're upset that the decor wasn't exactly as you designed it, but that's not worth a fig when you consider how spectacular the gala was overall.See also: fig, not, worth(not) give a figslang To be concerned about someone or something. Typically used in the negative to convey the opposite. I don't give a fig about making money, I just want to do something with my life that makes life better for others. I haven't given a fig for the show ever since they killed off my favorite character. Do whatever you want, I don't give a fig.See also: fig, givenot give a damnrude slang To not care in the slightest (about something or someone); to attach no importance to someone or something. I don't give a damn about making money, I just want to do something with my life that makes life better for others. I haven't given a damn for the show ever since they killed off my favorite character. Do whatever you want, I don't give a damn.See also: damn, give, notnot worth a damnHaving no value or integrity; worthless. The company offered vouchers to its employees, but they aren't worth a damn. You've broken your word so many times that your promises aren't worth a damn. My brother gave me his old laptop, but it's not worth a damn anymore.See also: damn, not, worthin full figDressed in fancy or extravagant clothing and accessories. All of a sudden, a group of actors from the musical boarded the train in full fig and began leading the passengers in a rousing rendition of the show's biggest numbers. For her wedding, the bride was dressed like a Disney princess in full fig.See also: fig, fullmoldy figSomeone who adopts the puristic stance that the only "true" jazz music occurred during an earlier period of the genre's history, especially before the implementation of sheet music. The term can either be derogatory or used as an identifying term by like-minded purists. Jazz is all about experimentation, evolution, and deviation, man—that's what makes it jazz! Moldy figs like you who think it shouldn't ever change are missing the point! I hope there will forever be a section of moldy figs out there who appreciate the traditional style of jazz that I perform with my bandmates.See also: figspell disasterTo indicate, contribute to, or display signs of an impending and severe failure or disaster. The senator's refusal to negotiate spells disaster for the chances of the legislation to pass through both houses of congress. The sudden shortage of precious metals necessary to manufacture the computer chips spelled disaster for the fledgling tech company.See also: disaster, spellsteal the spotlightTo garner attention or praise at the expense of someone or something else. My brother is the star athlete of our high school, so no matter what I succeed in, he's constantly stealing the spotlight. We were just about to announce our engagement when Jeff and Tina stole the spotlight and revealed that they were going to have a baby.See also: spotlight, stealnot worth a damnInf. worthless. This pen is not worth a damn. When it comes to keeping score, she's not worth a damn.See also: damn, not, worthspell disaster Fig.to indicate or predict disaster. What a horrible plan! It would spell disaster for all of us!See also: disaster, fig, spellsteal the spotlight and steal the show Fig.to give the best performance in a show, play, or some other event; to get attention for oneself. The lead in the play was very good, but the butler stole the show. Ann always tries to steal the spotlight when she and I make a presentation.See also: spotlight, stealfigsee under not give a damn. not give a damnAlso, not give a fig or hang or hoot or rap or shit . Not care about, be indifferent to, as in I don't give a damn about him, or She doesn't give a fig if he comes or not. The nouns in all these terms signify something totally worthless. Although probably in oral use for much longer, damn is first recorded in this negative form in the late 1700s and the worthless item it is used to denigrate is a curse. Fig has denoted something small and worthless since about 1400, and hang since the mid-1800s; hoot has been used for the smallest particle since the later 1800s; rap, also for the smallest particle, since the first half of the 1800s, and shit, for excrement, since about 1920. All but the first of these terms are colloquial and the last (using shit) is vulgar. See also: damn, give, notnot worth a damnAlso, not worth a plugged nickel or red cent or bean or hill of beans or fig or straw or tinker's damn . Worthless, as in That car isn't worth a damn, or My new tennis racket is not worth a plugged nickel. As for the nouns here, a damn or curse is clearly of no great value (also see not give a damn); a plugged nickel in the 1800s referred to a debased five-cent coin; a cent denotes the smallest American coin, which was red when made of pure copper (1800s); a bean has been considered trivial or worthless since the late 1300s (Chaucer so used it), whereas hill of beans alludes to a planting method whereby four or five beans are put in a mound (and still are worthless); and both fig and straw have been items of no worth since about 1400. A tinker's dam, first recorded in 1877, was a wall of dough raised around a spot where a metal pipe is being repaired so as to hold solder in place until it hardens, whereupon the dam is discarded. However, tinker's damn was first recorded in 1839 and probably was merely an intensification of "not worth a damn," rather than having anything to do with the dam. See also: damn, not, wortha fig leaf Something which is intended to hide an embarrassing or awkward situation can be called a fig leaf. The Code of Practice must be enforced, or else it is just a meaningless fig leaf. He said that retaining Stewart in a creative role was a `generous fig leaf that the company gave her'. Note: According to the Bible, when Adam and Eve ate the apple in the Garden of Eden, they realized that they were naked and felt ashamed, so they covered their genitals with fig leaves. (Genesis 3:7) See also: fig, leafnot worth a damn having no value or validity at all. informalSee also: damn, not, worthin full fig wearing the smart clothes appropriate for an event or occasion. informal Fig in the sense of ‘dress or equipment’ is now used only in this phrase, which was first recorded in the mid 19th century.See also: fig, fullnot give (or care) a fig not have the slightest concern about. Fig was formerly used in a variety of expressions to signify something regarded as valueless or contemptible.See also: fig, give, notnot give a damn (or hoot) not care at all. informal 1998 Penelope Lively Spiderweb The boys knew that the teachers didn't like them and they didn't give a damn. See also: damn, give, notmoldy fig n. an old-fashioned person; a square. Don’t be a moldy fig! Lighten up! See also: fignot worth a damn mod. worthless. When it comes to keeping score, she’s not worth a damn. See also: damn, not, worthfig, not care/give/worth aSee not care/give a fig. See also: care, give, not, worthnot care/give/worth a fig, toNot care at all, not give a damn. Fig has denoted something worthless since about 1400. Moreover, in Mediterranean countries the sign of the fig is an obscene gesture, made by clenching one’s fist and pushing the thumb between the first and middle fingers. According to John Ciardi, the thumb represents the penis, the fingers the labia, and the gesture means “Fuck you.” Dante so used it in the Inferno section of The Divine Comedy. Centuries later, however, the phrase’s obscene provenance began to be largely ignored, and the cliché survives.See also: care, give, not, worthfig
fig, name for members of the genus Ficus of the family Moraceae (mulberrymulberry, common name for the Moraceae, a family of deciduous or evergreen trees and shrubs, often climbing, mostly of pantropical distribution, and characterized by milky sap. Several genera bear edible fruit, e.g. ..... Click the link for more information. family). This large genus contains some 800 species of widely varied tropical vines (some of which are epiphytic); shrubs; and trees, including the banyan, the peepul, or bo tree, and the India-rubber tree. It differs from other genera of the family in that the hundreds of tiny female flowers are borne on the inside of a syconium, a fleshy fruitlike receptacle with a small opening at the apex. The common fig (F. carica), a native of the Mediterranean area, has been bred and cultivated from early times for its commercially valuable fruit and has been naturalized in other parts of the world that have a mild, semiarid climate; in the United States, figs are grown in California, Texas, Utah, Oregon, and Washington. Some edible varieties (e.g., the Smyrna, among the best) can be pollinated only by the fig wasp (Blastophaga), which passes its larval stage inside the inedible fruit of a wild variety called the caprifig. In order to produce mature fruit, the cultivated variety is subjected to a process called caprification; flowering branches of caprifig are hung in the tree so that the emerging wasps will transfer caprifig pollen to the edible fig. After entering the receptacle and laying its eggs, the wasp dies and its body and eggs are absorbed by the developing fruit; only the eggs laid inside the caprifig fruit survive. Other edible varieties (e.g., the Adriatic or mission fig) bear larger fruits when caprificated. The ripe fruit (called a synconium) contains masses of tiny seeds and is soft and pear-shaped; it may be greenish, yellow to orange, or purple in color. The name fig is also applied to various unrelated plants that either resemble the fig tree or bear figlike fruits. Figs are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem). ..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Urticales, family Moraceae. fig figSome tropical primates live on a diet of over 80% figs. Roman champions ate figs. Figs are a densely mineralized sweet fruit and contain one of the highest concentrations of calcium of any food. Fig trees are great to have because they don't take a lot of space and they don't get diseases or insects. A very no-care plant. Originally from the mediterranean area, they grow well almost anywhere in the world, even in places where it snows, as long as they are kept out of the cold north winds. They are high in protein, seriously high in fiber, highly alkalizing. Coffee substitute, helps quit smoking, aids fertility, good for bodybuilding. Figs are ready to eat when they don't have the white milky sap inside them anymore and the insides start turning darker. You can eat figs fresh off the tree, or dry them, freeze them, use them as sweeteners in salads, smoothies, sandwiches etc. Do NOT eat them unripe while they still have white milky sap (latex). No visible flowersWhat does it mean when you dream about a fig?Figs and fig trees are associated with sex and eroticism. This is partially because of our culture’s images of Adam and Eve, who are often pictured in fig leaves following their act of sin. fig[fig] (botany) Ficus carica. A deciduous tree of the family Moraceae cultivated for its edible fruit, which is a syconium, consisting of a fleshy hollow receptacle lined with pistillate flowers. fig1. any moraceous tree or shrub of the tropical and subtropical genus Ficus, in which the flowers are borne inside a pear-shaped receptacle 2. the fruit of any of these trees, esp of F. carica, which develops from the receptacle and has sweet flesh containing numerous seedlike structures 3. any of various plants or trees having a fruit similar to this 4. Hottentot or sour fig a succulent plant, Mesembryanthemum edule, of southern Africa, having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp: family Aizoaceae FinancialSeeFIGSFIG
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Synonyms for fignoun a diagram or picture illustrating textual materialSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruitSynonyms- common fig
- common fig tree
- Ficus carica
Related Words- fig
- fig tree
- caprifig
- Ficus carica sylvestris
- syconium
noun a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-QaedaSynonyms- Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya
- Libyan Fighting Group
- Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
- Libyan Islamic Group
Related Words- act of terrorism
- terrorism
- terrorist act
- Libya
- Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
noun fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or driedRelated Words- edible fruit
- common fig
- common fig tree
- Ficus carica
- fig
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