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How to pronounce fig
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What does fig mean?
nounThe fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
“And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”
The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
“I'll pledge you all; and a fig for Peter!”
verbTo insult with a fico, a contemptuous gesture.
“When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like / The bragging Spaniard.”
To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.
To develop, or cause (a soap) to develop, white streaks or granulations.
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