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apple
English
Etymology
From Middle English appel, from Old English æppel (“apple, fruit in general, ball”), from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz (“apple”) (compare Scots aipple, West Frisian apel, Dutch appel, German Apfel, Swedish äpple, Danish æble), from Proto-Indo-European *h?éb?l, *h?ébl? (“apple”) (compare Welsh afal, Irish úll, Lithuanian óbuol?s, Russian ??????? (jábloko), possibly Ancient Greek ??????? (ámpelos, “vine”)).
Pronunciation
- (US, UK) enPR: ?p?(?)l, IPA(key): /?æp.?l/, [?æp.??]
- Rhymes: -æp?l
- Hyphenation: ap?ple
Noun
apple (plural apples)
- A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates. [from 9th c.]
- c. 1378, William Langland, Piers Plowman:
- I prayed pieres to pulle adown an apple.
- c. 1378, William Langland, Piers Plowman:
- Any fruit or vegetable, or any other thing produced by a plant such as a gall or cone, especially if produced by a tree and similar to the fruit of Malus domestica; also (with qualifying words) used to form the names of specific fruits such as custard apple, rose apple, thorn apple etc. [from 9th c.]
- 1585, Richard Eden (translating a 1555 work by Peter Martyr), Decades of the New World, v:
- Venemous apples wherwith they poyson theyr arrows.
- 1607 (edition 1673), Topsell, Four-footed Beasts, page 516:
- The fruit or Apples of Palm-trees.
- 1636, John Gerard, The Herball Or Generall Historie of Plantes: Very Much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson Citizen and Apothecarye of London, page 1356:
- This apple is called in high-Dutch, Zy?bel: in low-Dutch, Pijnappel: in English, Pineapple, Clog, and Cone. […] The whole cone or apple being boiled with fresh Horehound, saith Galen, […] maketh an excellent medicine for to clense the chest and lungs.
- 1658, trans. Giambattista della Porta, Natural Magick, I.16:
- In Persia there grows a deadly tree, whose Apples are Poison, and present death.
- 1765, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued, page 337:
- The fly injects her juices into the oak-leaf, to raise an apple for hatching her young.
- 1784, James Cook, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, II:
- Otaheite […] is remarkable for producing great quantities of that delicious fruit we called apples, which are found in none of the others, except Eimeo.
- 1800, John Tuke, General View of the Agriculture of the North Riding of Yorkshire, page 150:
- It is generally thought, that the curled topped potatoe proceeds from a neglect of raising fresh sorts from the apple or [potato-]seed.
- 1825, Theodric Romeyn Beck, Elements of Medical Jurisprudence, 2nd edition, page 565:
- Hippomane mancinella. (Manchineel-tree.) Dr. Peysonnel relates that a soldier, who was a slave with the Turks, eat some of the apples of this tree, and was soon seized with a swelling and pain of the abdomen.
- 1833, Charles Williams, The Vegetable World, page 179:
- One kind of apple or gall, inhabited only by one grub, is hard and woody on the outside, resembling a little wooden ball, of a yellowish color, but internally it is of a soft, spongy texture.
- 1853, Mrs. S. F. Cowper, Country Rambles in England, Or, Journal of a Naturalist, page 172:
- The cross-bill will have seeds from the apple, or cone of the fir—the green-finch, seeds from the uplands, or door of barn, or rick-yard.
- 1889, United States. Department of Agriculture, Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, page 376:
- The "apple" or gall usually forms a somewhat kidney-shaped excrescence, attached by a small base on the concave side, and varying in size from a half an inch to an inch and a half in length.
- 1585, Richard Eden (translating a 1555 work by Peter Martyr), Decades of the New World, v:
- Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica, such as a globe, ball, or breast.
- 1705, J. S., City and Country Recreation, page 104:
- […] shrugging up her Shoulders, to shew the tempting Apples of her white Breasts, Then suddainly lets them sink again, to hide them, blushing, as if this had been done by chance.
- 1761, An Universal History: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, page 508:
- […] count-palatine of the Rhine, who shall carry the globe or imperial apple; and, on his left, the marquis of Brandenburg carrying the scepter.
- 1851, Robert Bigsby, Old Places Revisited; Or the Antiquarians Enthusiast, page 200:
- The arms of Upland were a "golden apple," or globe, surrounded with a belt, in allusion to the monarchy.
- 1956, Marion Hargrove, The Girl He Left Behind: Or, All Quiet in the Third Platoon, page 129:
- Andy picked up his two grenades and followed the line into the pits. The apples felt strangely heavy in his hands, and when he looked at them one was as ugly and lethal-looking as the other.
- 1975, C. W. SMITH, Country Music IX, 256:
- A peasant blouse that showed the tops of those lovely little apples.
- 2008, Harald Kleinschmidt, Ruling the Waves, Bibliotheca Humanistica & Refo
- Contrary to Henricus Martellus, Behaim included the tropics [on his globe...]. Evidently, there was no space for a Fourth Continent on Behaim's apple, although some recollection of the Catalan map seems to lie behind the shape of southern Africa.
- (baseball, slang, obsolete) The ball in baseball. [from 20th c.]
- (informal) When smiling, the round, fleshy part of the cheeks between the eyes and the corners of the mouth.
- The Adam's apple.
- 1898, Hugh Charles Clifford, Studies in Brown Humanity: Being Scrawls and Smudges in Sepia, White, and Yellow, page 99:
- The sweat of fear and exertion was streaming down his face and chest, and his breath came in short, tearing, hard-drawn gasps and gulps, while the apple in his throat leaped up and down ceaselessly ...
- 1922, Henry Williamson, Dandelion Days, page 113:
- Elsie went away with her parents to Belgium and the convent-school on the twelfth, and as they left The Firs in the battered station cab surrounded by boxes and trunks, Willie could not speak. The apple in his throat rose and remained there […]
- 1999, Liam O'Flaherty, The Collected Stories, Wolfhound Press (IE) (?ISBN)
- The apple in his neck was hitting against his collar every time he drew breath and he tore at his collar nervously.
- 2005, Sandra Benitez, Night of the Radishes, Hyperion (?ISBN)
- The apple in his neck bobbles as he gulps. “You've got to be kidding.” “No, I'm not. Your inheritance amounts to maybe three hundred thousand dollars."
- 2020, George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam (?ISBN), page 959:
- If the Hound had not been moving, the knife might have cored the apple of his throat; instead it only grazed his ribs, and wound up quivering in the wall near the door. He laughed then, a laugh as cold and hollow as if it had come from the bottom of a deep well.
- 1898, Hugh Charles Clifford, Studies in Brown Humanity: Being Scrawls and Smudges in Sepia, White, and Yellow, page 99:
- 1705, J. S., City and Country Recreation, page 104:
- The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to post-Biblical Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit. [from 11th c.]
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book X:
- Him by fraud I have seduced / From his Creator; and, the more to encrease / Your wonder, with an apple […].
- 1976, Joni Mitchell, "Song for Sharon":
- Sharon you've got a husband
- And a family and a farm
- I've got the apple of temptation
- And a diamond snake around my arm
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book X:
- A tree of the genus Malus, especially one cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree. [from 15th c.]
- 2000 PA Thomas, Trees: Their Natural History, page 227:
- This allows a weak plant to benefit from the strong roots of another, or a vigorous tree (such as an apple) to be kept small by growing on 'dwarfing rootstock'.
- 2000 PA Thomas, Trees: Their Natural History, page 227:
- The wood of the apple tree. [from 19th c.]
- (in the plural, Cockney rhyming slang) Short for apples and pears, slang for stairs. [from 20th c.]
- (derogatory, ethnic slur) A Native American or red-skinned person who acts and/or thinks like a white (Caucasian) person.
- (ice hockey slang) An assist.
- (slang) A CB radio enthusiast.
- 1977, New Scientist (volume 74, page 764)
- Because of overcrowding, many a CB enthusiast (called an "apple") is strapping an illegal linear amplifier ("boots") on to his transceiver ("ears") […]
- 1977, New Scientist (volume 74, page 764)
Synonyms
- (a tree of the genus Malus): malus
Derived terms
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: apel
- ? Abenaki: aples (< apples)
- ? Assamese: ???? (apel)
- ? Bengali: ???? (apel)
- ? Dhivehi: ??????? (?falu)
- ? East Futuna: apo
- ? Fijian: yapolo
- ? Fiji Hindi: aapul
- ? Finnish: äpüli
- ? Malay: epal (Malaysia)
- ? Maori: ?poro
- ? Marshallese: ab??
- ? Sinhalese: ???? (æpal)
- ? Sotho: apole
- ? Telugu: ????? (?pil)
- ? Thai: ??????? (??p-bp??n)
- ? Yurok: ??pl?s (< apples)
Translations
Verb
apple (third-person singular simple present apples, present participle appling, simple past and past participle appled)
- To become apple-like.
- (obsolete) To form buds, bulbs, or fruit.
- 1601 (1634), Philemon Holland (translator), Pliny, II, page 98:
- Either they floure, or they apple or els be ready to bring forth fruit.
- 1796 (1800), Charles Marshall, Gardening, page 245:
- The cabbage turnep is of two kinds; one apples above ground, and the other in it.
- 1601 (1634), Philemon Holland (translator), Pliny, II, page 98:
See also
- malic
- (ethnic slur): coconut, Oreo, banana, Twinkie
References
Anagrams
- Appel, appel, pepla
Middle English
Noun
apple
- Alternative form of appel
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pill
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?l/, [p???]
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
- From Middle English pille (also pillem), a borrowing from Middle Low German pille or Middle Dutch pille (whence Dutch pil), probably from Latin pila, pilula.
- (persuade or convince): Generalized from red pill.
Noun
pill (plural pills)
- A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
- 1864, Benjamin Ellis, The Medical Formulary [1]
- Take two pills every hour in the apyrexia of intermittent fever, until eight are taken.
- 1864, Benjamin Ellis, The Medical Formulary [1]
- (informal, uncountable, definite, i.e. used with "the") Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
- 1986, Jurriaan Plesman, Getting Off the Hook: Treatment of Drug Addiction and Social Disorders Through Body and Mind:
- Many specialists are requesting that this vitamin be included in all contraceptive pills, as women on the pill have a tendency to be depressed.
- 1986, Jurriaan Plesman, Getting Off the Hook: Treatment of Drug Addiction and Social Disorders Through Body and Mind:
- Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, III [Uniform ed., p. 45]:
- "It's a sad unpalatable truth," said Mr. Pembroke, thinking that the despondency might be personal, "but one must accept it. My sister and Gerald, I am thankful to say, have accepted it, so naturally it has been a little pill."
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, III [Uniform ed., p. 45]:
- (slang) A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
- 2000, Susan Isaacs, Shining Through [2]
- Instead, I saw a woman in her mid-fifties, who was a real pill; while all the others had managed a decent “So pleased,” or even a plain “Hello,” Ginger just inclined her head, as if she was doing a Queen Mary imitation.
- 2000, Susan Isaacs, Shining Through [2]
- (slang) A comical or entertaining person.
- (informal) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile by rubbing.
- 1999, Wally Lamb, I Know This Much Is True [3]
- One sleeve, threadbare and loaded with what my mother called “sweater pills,” hung halfway to the floor.
- 1999, Wally Lamb, I Know This Much Is True [3]
- (archaic, baseball slang) A baseball.
- 1931, Canadian National Magazine
- "Strike two!" bawled the umpire. I threw the pill back to Tom with a heart which drummed above the noise of the rooters along the side lines.
- 2002, John Klima, Pitched Battle: 35 of Baseball's Greatest Duels from the Mound [4]
- Mr. Fisher contributed to the Sox effort when he threw the pill past second baseman Rath after Felsch hit him a comebacker.
- 1931, Canadian National Magazine
- (firearms, slang) A bullet (projectile).
- (graphical user interface) A rounded rectangle indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
Synonyms
- (small object for swallowing): tablet
- (bullet): cap
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pill (third-person singular simple present pills, present participle pilling, simple past and past participle pilled)
- (intransitive, textiles) Of a woven fabric surface, to form small matted balls of fiber.
- 1997, Jo Sharp, Knitted Sweater Style: Inspirations in Color [5]
- During processing, inferior short fibers (which can cause pilling and itching) are removed to enhance the natural softness of the yarn and to improve its wash-and-wear performance.
- 1997, Jo Sharp, Knitted Sweater Style: Inspirations in Color [5]
- To form into the shape of a pill.
- Pilling is a skill rarely used by modern pharmacists.
- (transitive) To medicate with pills.
- She pills herself with all sorts of herbal medicines.
- (transitive, Internet slang) To persuade or convince someone of something.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Latin pil? (“depilate”), from pilus (“hair”). Doublet of peel.
Verb
pill (third-person singular simple present pills, present participle pilling, simple past and past participle pilled)
- (obsolete) To peel; to remove the outer layer of hair, skin, or bark.
- To peel; to make by removing the skin.
- [Jacob] pilled white streaks […] in the rods.
- To be peeled; to peel off in flakes.
- (obsolete) To pillage; to despoil or impoverish.
Noun
pill (plural pills)
- (obsolete) The peel or skin.
- Some be covered with crusts or hard pills, as the locust
- 1682, A perfect school of Instructions for the Officers of the Mouth
- To make Sallet of Lemon pill, or green Citron. You must have your Lemon Pill preserved very green, Rasp it into a Dish, and raise it up lightly with a Fork […]
Etymology 3
From Middle English *pill, *pyll, from Old English pyll (“a pool, pill”), from Proto-Germanic *pullijaz (“small pool, ditch, creek”), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“pool, stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *bl?nos (“bog, marsh”). Cognate with Old English pull (“pool, creek”), Scots poll (“slow moving stream, creek, inlet”), Icelandic pollur (“pond, pool, puddle”). More at pool.
Noun
pill (plural pills)
- (now Britain regional) An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.
Albanian
Etymology
A form of pidh from Proto-Albanian *pizda, from Proto-Indo-European *písdeh? (“pudenda”). Cognate to Lithuanian pyzdà (“pudenda”) and Russian ????? (pizda, “pudenda”)
Noun
pill
- vagina
- cunt (vulgar)
Synonyms
- pidh
Estonian
Etymology 1
Noun
pill (genitive pilli, partitive pilli)
- (music) instrument
Declension
Synonyms
- muusikariist
Etymology 2
Noun
pill (genitive pilli, partitive pilli)
- (medicine) pill
Declension
Synonyms
- tablett
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
pill m
- genitive singular of peall
Mutation
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