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The Meaning of fig

  • (n.) A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.
  • (n.) The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors.
  • (n.) A small piece of tobacco.
  • (n.) The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt.
  • (n.) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico.
  • (n.) To put into the head of, as something useless o/ contemptible.
  • (n.) Figure; dress; array.

Synonyms

number , form , design , trope , physical body , material body , figure of speech , frame , image , figure , name , build , common fig tree , chassis , shape , anatomy , bod , flesh , pattern , soma , common fig , digit , public figure , human body , physique

Homophones

figg , figge

Rhymes

big , bigwig , brig , dig , figg , figge , frigg , gig , gigue , grigg , isgrigg , jig , knigge , mcquigg , mig , nigg , pig , pigg , prig , prigge , quigg , renege , rig , rigg , sig , sigg , sprigg , stig , swig , trig , trigg , trygg , twig , twigg , vig , whig , wig , wigg , zbig , zig