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1 fruit
1 noun∎ to eat fruit manger des fruits;∎ a piece of fruit un fruit;∎ would you like fruit or cheese? voulez-vous un fruit ou du fromage?;∎ we eat a lot of fruit nous mangeons beaucoup de fruits;∎ a tree in fruit un arbre qui porte des fruits;∎ the fruit or fruits of the earth les fruits mpl de la terre;∎ figurative the fruit of her womb le fruit de ses entrailles;∎ their plans have never borne fruit leurs projets ne se sont jamais réalisés;∎ his book is the fruit of much research son livre est le fruit de longues recherches∎ old fruit mon vieux∎ he's a real fruit il est vraiment loufoqueBotany donner►► Zoology fruit bat chauve-souris f frugivore;Botany fruit body (of mushroom) corps m fructifère;fruit bowl coupe f à fruits, compotier m;fruit cocktail macédoine f de fruits;fruit drop bonbon m aux fruits;fruit farmer arboriculteur(trice) m,f (fruitier(ère));fruit farming arboriculture f (fruitière);Entomology fruit fly mouche f du vinaigre, drosophile f;fruits of the forest fruits mpl des bois, Swiss petits fruits mpl;British fruit gum boule f de gomme;fruit juice jus m de fruits;fruit knife couteau m à fruit(s);British fruit machine machine f à sous;fruit salad salade f de fruits;fruit salts sels mpl purgatifs;fruit sugar fructose m;fruit tree arbre m fruitier -
2 fox
1 noun(a) (animal, fur) renard m;∎ figurative he's a sly old fox c'est un vieux renard;∎ as sly as a fox rusé comme un renard;∎ it's like setting the fox to mind the geese c'est faire entrer le loup dans la bergerie∎ you've got me foxed je suis perplexe□fox brush queue f de renard;fox cub renardeau m;fox fur (peau f de) renard m;Medicine fox mange alopécie f;fox terrier fox m inv, fox-terrier m -
3 crush
A n1 ( crowd) bousculade f ; in the crush dans la bousculade ; it was a crush ○ in the car on était à l'étroit dans la voiture ;2 ○ ( infatuation) toquade f ; to have a crush on sb avoir une toquade pour qn, avoir le cœur qui bat pour qn ;B vtr1 fig (by force, argument) écraser [enemy, protester, uprising] ; étouffer [protest] ; anéantir [hopes] ; ( by ridicule) anéantir [person] ; to be crushed by être accablé par [ill-treatment, sorrow, tragedy] ;2 ( squash) ( deliberately) écraser [can, fruit, vegetable] ; concasser [stone] ; piler [ice] ; ( in accident) écraser [person, vehicle] (against contre) ; broyer [part of body] ; to crush sth to a powder réduire qch en poudre ; to be crushed to death ( by vehicle) se faire écraser ; ( by masonry) être écrasé sous les décombres ;3 ( crease) chiffonner [garment, fabric] ;4 ( clasp) serrer ; he crushed her to him il l'a serrée contre lui.C vi1 to crush forward se ruer en foule ; to crush together se serrer les uns contre les autres ; to crush into s'entasser dans [room, vehicle] ;2 [fabrics, garments] se froisser.■ crush out:▶ crush [sth] out, crush out [sth] extraire [juice].■ crush up:▶ crush [sth] up, crush up [sth] écraser [biscuits] ; concasser [rock].
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Fruit bat — Fruit Fruit, n. [OE. fruit, frut, F. fruit, from L. fructus enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin to E. brook, v. t. See {Brook}, v. t., and cf. {Fructify}, {Frugal}.] 1. Whatever is produced for the nourishment or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fruit bat — n a large ↑bat (=small animal like a flying mouse) that lives in hot countries and eats fruit … Dictionary of contemporary English
fruit bat — fruit′ bat n. mam any fruit eating tropical Old World bat of the family Pteropodidae • Etymology: 1875–80 … From formal English to slang
fruit bat — ► NOUN ▪ a large bat which feeds chiefly on fruit or nectar … English terms dictionary
fruit bat — n. any fruit eating bat (esp. family Pteropodidae), as the flying fox … English World dictionary
Fruit Bat — can refer to:* Megabats, species of bats which eat fruit. * Leslie George Fruitbat Carter, a British musician. * Fruit Bats, an American band … Wikipedia
fruit bat — noun large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit • Syn: ↑megabat • Hypernyms: ↑bat, ↑chiropteran • Hyponyms: ↑flying fox, ↑Pteropus capestratus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fruit bat — any fruit eating bat, esp. of the suborder Megachiroptera, of tropical regions throughout the Old World, typically having erect, catlike ears and large eyes adapted for night vision, and either tailless or with a rudimentary tail, the numerous… … Universalium
fruit bat — n. (Zoology) large bat that feeds on fruit (found in Asia, Europe and Africa) … English contemporary dictionary
fruit bat — noun a large bat which feeds chiefly on fruit or nectar, found mainly in the Old World tropics. [Family Pteropodidae: numerous species.] … English new terms dictionary
fruit bat — noun (C) a large bat 1 (1) that lives in hot countries and eats fruit … Longman dictionary of contemporary English