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pear

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pear  (pâr)
n.
1. A widely cultivated tree (Pyrus communis) in the rose family, having glossy leaves, white flowers grouped in a corymb, and edible fruit.
2. The fruit of this tree, spherical at the base and tapering toward the stalk.

[Middle English pere, from Old English peru, a pear, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *pira, from Latin, pl. of pirum.]

pear
Noun
1. a sweet juicy fruit with a narrow top and a rounded base
2. go pear-shaped Informal to go wrong: the plan started to go pear-shaped [Latin pirum]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pearpear - sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
bosc - greenish-yellow pear
anjou - a pear with firm flesh and a green skin
bartlett pear, bartlett - juicy yellow pear
seckel, seckel pear - small yellowish- to reddish-brown pear
pear tree, Pyrus communis, pear - Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
false fruit, pome - a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part
2.pearpear - Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
pear - sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
genus Pyrus, Pyrus - fruit trees native to the Old World: pears
fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit
Translations

pear [pɛəʳ] npera
pear [pɛəʳ] npoire f
pear [pɛəʳ] nBirne f
pear [pɛəʳ] npera

pear
n pear [peə]
a type of fruit of the apple family, round at the bottom and narrowing towards the stem or top She's very fond of pears; (also adjective ) a pear tree.peerإجّاص، كُمَّثْرىкрушаhruška, hruškovýpære; pære-die Birne; Birnen-...αχλάδι, αχλαδιάperapirn, pirni-گلابیpäärynä(de) poireאַגָסनाशपातीkruška (plod)körte(fa)buah pirperapera; peroなし서양배(의)kriaušėbumbieris; bumbieru-pokok pearpeerpære, pære-(tre)gruszkaperaparăгрушаhruška; hruškovýhruška; hruškovkruškapäronถั่วลิสงarmutгрушаناشپاتيquả lê
adj ˈpear-shaped
peervormigكُمَّثْري الشَّكْلкрушевиденhruškovitýpæreformetbirnenförmigπου έχει το σχήμα αχλαδιούen forma de perapirnjasگلابی شکلpäärynänmuotoinenen forme de poireצוּרַת אַגָסनाशपाती के आकार काkruškolikog oblikakörte alakúberbentuk buah pirperulagaa forma di peraなし型の서양배 모양의kriaušės formosbumbierveida-berbentuk pearpeervormigpæreformetgruszkowatyem forma de peraîn formă de parăгрушевидныйhruškovitýhruškastkruškastog oblikapäronformadที่มีรูปร่างเหมือนถั่วarmut biçiminde梨形的грушоподібнийناشپاتي نماhình quả lê

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' From a tradition that the weapon with which the Norwegian champion was slain, resembled a pear, or, as others say, that the trough or boat in which the soldier floated under the bridge to strike the blow, had such a shape, the country people usually begin a great market, which is held at Stamford, with an entertainment called the Pear-pie feast, which after all may be a corruption of the Spear-pie feast.
LITTLE Benjamin said, "It spoils people's clothes to squeeze under a gate; the proper way to get in, is to climb down a pear tree.
This young fellow's healthy cheek is like a sun-toasted pear in hue, and would seem to smell almost as musky; he cannot have been three days landed from his Indian voyage.
 
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