berry
SubstantivVerbSubstantivSubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈbɛɹi//
- Australien//ˈbeɹi//
- Australien/[ˈbeɹi] ~ [ˈbe̞ɹi]/
- Neuseeland/[ˈbe̝ɹi] ~ [ˈbɪɹi]/
A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
Substantiv
- 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.
These crawfish are speared by the Kafirs, who bring them in to the village for sale, and who catch anything and everything either female fish in berry, or male fish in soft shell.
The corals have the shape of a shrub and are green. Their berries are snow-white under water and soft. As soon as you take them out of the water, they grow hard and red.
- 5
SlangA police car.
Today was like one of those fly dreams Didn't even see a berry flashin' those high beams
- 6
veraltendA dollar.
Four rounds and Enright still on his feet and a hundred and fifty thousand berries gone if he stays two more!
Herkunft
From Middle English berye, from Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bäie, West Flemish beier, German Beere, Icelandic ber, Danish bær. The slang sense "police car" may come from the lights on the vehicles' roofs.
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.
Substantiv
- 1
A mound; a barrow.
Herkunft
From Middle English berȝe, berghe, from Old English beorġe, dative form of beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“mountain, hill”). More at barrow. Cognates Cognate with Scots burrow (“mound, tumulus, barrow”), North Frisian Bārig, beerch, beeri, beerj, berag, berig, berri, bärj (“mountain”), Saterland Frisian Bierich, Bíerig, Bäirch (“mountain”), West Frisian berch (“mountain”), Cimbrian pèrge (“mountain”), Dutch berg (“mountain”), German Berg (“mountain”), German Low German Barg (“mountain”), Limburgish berg, Bärrech (“hill, mountain”), Luxembourgish Bierg (“mountain”), Mòcheno pèrg (“mountain”), Yiddish באַרג (barg, “mountain”), Danish bjerg (“mountain”), Faroese berg, bjarg (“cliff”), bjørg (“cliffs”), Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish berg (“mountain”); also Northern Luri برگ (berg, “mountain”), Polish brzeg (“bank, shore”), Russian бе́рег (béreg, “bank, shore”).
Substantiv
- 1
A burrow, especially a rabbit's burrow.
- 2
An excavation; a military mine.
Herkunft
From Middle English bery (“a burrow”). More at burrow.
Verb
- 1
To beat; give a beating to; thrash.
- 2
To thresh (grain).
Herkunft
From Middle English beryen, berien, from Old English *berian (found only in past participle ġebered (“crushed, kneaded, harassed, oppressed, vexed”)), from Proto-West Germanic *barjan, from Proto-Germanic *barjaną (“to beat, hit”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to rip, cut, split, grate”). Cognate with Scots berry, barry (“to thresh, thrash”), German beren (“to beat, knead”), Icelandic berja (“to beat”), Latin feriō (“strike, hit”, verb).
Formen
- Plural
- berries
- Präteritum
- berried
- Partizip II
- berried
- Partizip I
- berrying
- 3. Person Singular
- berries
berry · A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
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