Definition of "fig" in English

noun

1. The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.

2. A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.

3. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.

4. A Lady Finger banana, also known as the "fig banana", (cultivar of Musa acuminata)

5. (Newfoundland, dated) A raisin (dried grape).

   • figgy duff - boiled pudding with raisins

6. A small piece of tobacco.

7. A fico, a contemptuous gesture.

verb

1. (obsolete) To insult with a fico, a contemptuous gesture.

2. (obsolete) To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.

3. (soap-making, dated) To develop, or cause (a soap) to develop, white streaks or granulations.

verb

1. (intransitive) To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.

noun

1. Abbreviation of figure (“diagram or illustration”).

2. (colloquial, dated) A person's figure; dress or appearance.

verb

1. Abbreviation of figure (“to calculate; to think; to come to understand”).

2. (colloquial, dated, transitive) To dress; to get oneself up a certain way.

verb

1. (transitive, rare) To insert a ginger root into the anus, vagina or urethra of (a horse): to perform figging upon; to feague, to feak.

noun

1. The piece of ginger root used in figging.