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Definitions for Apples

[1] well or fine; under control.
[2] the usually round, red or yellow, edible fruit of a small tree, Malus sylvestris, of the rose family.
[3] the tree, cultivated in most temperate regions.
[4] the fruit of any of certain other species of tree of the same genus.
[5] any of these trees.
[6] any of various other similar fruits, or fruitlike products or plants, as the custard apple, love apple, May apple, or oak apple.
[7] anything resembling an apple in size and shape, as a ball, especially a baseball.
[8] Bowling . an ineffectively bowled ball.
[9] Slang . a red capsule containing a barbiturate, especially secobarbital.
[10] See apples and pears
[11] she's apples Australian and NZ informal all is going well
[12] 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
[13] the fruit of this tree, having red, yellow, or green skin and crisp whitish flesh
[14] the wood of this tree
[15] 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
[16] apple of one's eye a person or thing that is very precious or much loved
[17] bad apple or rotten apple a person with a corrupting influence

Words related to Apples

sphere, earth, globe, world, asteroid, planet, circle, orb, city, municipality, metropolis, township, center, downtown, place, capital, port, dust, map, marble

Words nearby Apples

appleby, applecart, appledrain, applejack, appleknocker, apples, apples and oranges, apples and pears, apples of the hesperides, applesauce, appleseed

Origin of Apples

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 Apples

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

Synonyms for Apples

asteroid, earth, globe, sphere, world, apple, marble, orb, planetoid, heavenly body, luminous body, terrene, wandering star