Meaning

9 senses
  1. A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.

    Beere

    я́годаjágoda

    я́годаjáhoda

  2. A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.

    Beere

    я́годаjágoda

    я́годаjáhoda

  3. A coffee bean.

  4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish or crustacean.

  5. (US, slang)A police car.

  6. (US, dated, slang)A dollar.

  7. (dialectal)A mound; a barrow.

  8. (dialectal)A burrow, especially a rabbit's burrow.

  9. An excavation; a military mine.

More definitions
  • any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
  • United States rock singer (born in 1931)
  • a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)

Examples

116 sentences
  1. Berries can be frozen.

    Ягоди можна заморозити.

    ruЯгоды можно заморозить.

    deBeeren kann man einfrieren.

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  2. This berry is good to eat.

    ruЭту ягоду можно есть.

    deDiese Beere kann man essen.

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  3. Tom picked some berries and ate them.

    deTom pflückte einige Beeren und aß sie.

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  4. Did Tom really eat those wild berries?

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  5. Not all birds eat berries or seeds.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
small succulent fruit:
Русский
By meaning 1
small succulent fruit:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small succulent fruit:

Origin

From Middle English berie, from Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Pr

From Middle English berie, from Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.

From Middle English berȝe, berghe, from Old English beorġe, dative form of beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“mountain, hill”). More at barrow.

From Middle English bery (“a burrow”). More at burrow.

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