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Definitions for Apple

[1] the usually round, red or yellow, edible fruit of a small tree, Malus sylvestris, of the rose family.
[2] the tree, cultivated in most temperate regions.
[3] the fruit of any of certain other species of tree of the same genus.
[4] any of these trees.
[5] any of various other similar fruits, or fruitlike products or plants, as the custard apple, love apple, May apple, or oak apple.
[6] anything resembling an apple in size and shape, as a ball, especially a baseball.
[7] Bowling . an ineffectively bowled ball.
[8] Slang . a red capsule containing a barbiturate, especially secobarbital.
[9] a rosaceous tree, Malus sieversii , native to Central Asia but widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties, having pink or white fragrant flowers and firm rounded edible fruits See also crab apple
[10] the fruit of this tree, having red, yellow, or green skin and crisp whitish flesh
[11] the wood of this tree
[12] any of several unrelated trees that have fruits similar to the apple, such as the custard apple, sugar apple, and May apple See also love apple, oak apple, thorn apple
[13] apple of one's eye a person or thing that is very precious or much loved
[14] bad apple or rotten apple a person with a corrupting influence

Words related to Apple

olive, blue-green, sphere, earth, globe, world, asteroid, planet, circle, orb, city, municipality, metropolis, township, center, downtown, place, capital, port, dust

Words nearby Apple

applanation tonometer, applanometry, applaud, applaudable, applause, apple, apple a day, apple bee, apple blight, apple blossom, apple box

Origin of Apple

before 900; Middle English appel, Old English æppel; cognate with Old Frisian, Dutch appel, Old Saxon apl, appul, Old High German apful (German Apfel ), Crimean Gothic apel < Germanic *aplu (akin to Old Norse epli < *apljan ); Old Irish ubull (neuter), Welsh afal, Breton aval < pre-Celtic *ǫblu; Lithuanian óbuolas, -ỹs, Latvian âbuol(i)s (with reshaped suffix), OPruss woble, perhaps Thracian (din)upla, (sin)upyla wild pumpkin, OCS (j)ablŭko (representing *ablŭ-ko, neuter) < Balto-Slavic *āblu-. Cf. Avalon

Word origin for Apple

Old English æppel; related to Old Saxon appel, Old Norse apall, Old High German apful

Synonyms for Apple

blue-green, olive, aquamarine, beryl, chartreuse, fir, forest, grass, jade, kelly, lime, malachite, moss, pea, peacock, pine, sage, sap, sea, spinach, verdigris, willow, bice, greenish-blue, vert, viridian