berry

UK /ˈbɛɹi/ US /ˈbɛɹi/
noun 8name 7verb 4

Definitions

noun

1

A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.

2

A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.

3

A coffee bean.

4

One of the ova or eggs of a fish or crustacean.

The crabs carry their berries for six months.

That is the only restriction existing: not even small fish or fish in berry, and there are no restrictions on soft-shelled fish.

5

A police car.

Today was like one of those fly dreams / Didn't even see a berry flashin' those high beams

verb

1

To pick berries.

On summer days Grandma used to take us berrying, whether we wanted to go or not.

Partly because I always itched and prickled in a berry patch I may have been disinclined to nibble as I worked; but largely I think it was because I berried under a master strategist and I wanted to see how well we could coordinate our efforts...

2

To bear or produce berries.

noun

1

A mound; a barrow.

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