fig

n. a soft, sweet fruit that is shaped like a pear and full of tiny seeds.

n. the edible, pear-shaped fruit of the Ficus carica, characterized by a thin skin and numerous small seeds.

“She served fresh figs with honey and goat cheese for dessert.”

“The Mediterranean climate is ideal for cultivating figs, which are often dried to preserve their high sugar content for winter consumption.”

n. something of very little value; usually used to say you do not care at all.

n. a thing of negligible value; almost exclusively used in the negative idiom 'not to care/give a fig' to express total indifference.

“He said he didn't give a fig what the neighbors thought of his bright pink house.”

“Despite the mounting public criticism, the minister appeared not to give a fig for the opinions of the press gallery.”

Informal · Literary

n. a short way to write the word 'figure', often used for pictures in books.

n. a standard abbreviation for 'figure', typically referring to a numbered illustration, diagram, or chart in a text.

“Please look at Fig. 1 to see the map of the area.”

“As demonstrated in Fig. 4.2, the correlation between the two variables remains significant even after adjusting for age.”

Academic · Technical

v. to dress yourself in a specific way, especially in smart clothes.

v. to dress or array oneself; most commonly found in the phrasal construction 'to fig out' or 'to fig up'.

“He was all figged out in his best suit for the wedding.”

“The children were grandly figged out for the portrait, though they looked distinctly uncomfortable in their stiff lace collars.”

Informal · British English · Archaic