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[syn: Berry, Chuck Berry, Charles Edward Berry]
VERB (1)
1. pick or gather berries;
- Example: "We went berrying in the summer"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Berry \Ber"ry\, n.; pl. Berries. [OE. berie, AS. berie,
berige; akin to D. bes, G. beere, OS. and OHG. beri, Icel.
ber, Sw. b[aum]r, Goth. basi, and perh. Skr. bhas to eat.]
1. Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry,
huckleberry, etc.
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2. (Bot.) A small fruit that is pulpy or succulent
throughout, having seeds loosely imbedded in the pulp, as
the currant, grape, blueberry.
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3. The coffee bean.
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4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish. --Travis.
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In berry, containing ova or spawn.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Berry \Ber"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Berried; p. pr. & vb. n.
Berrying.]
To bear or produce berries.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Berry \Ber"ry\, n. [AS. beorh. See Barrow a hill.]
A mound; a hillock. --W. Browne.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
berry
n 1: any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as
desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
2: a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple
(grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
3: United States rock singer (born in 1931) [syn: Berry,
Chuck Berry, Charles Edward Berry]
v 1: pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer"