figging

[US]/fɪg/
[UK]/fɪɡ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a fruit-bearing tree or shrub that is native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, valued for its sweet and juicy fruit
vt. to adorn or decorate; to make a horse run fast

Phrases & Collocations

fig tree

fresh figs

fig leaf

Example Sentences

not worth a fig; didn't care a fig.

in the leafy shade of a fig tree

vines and figs grew in abundance.

but a more apt symbol is the peepul (sacred fig)tree.

She is a sycomore fig - queen of Africa's trees.

Sycomore figs are found throughout tropical Africa.

Fig 2 The parasternal long-axis plane.

I don’t give a fig about him!

some stale figs partly allayed our hunger.

Elaine didn't give a fig for Joe's comfort or his state of mind.

a soldier walking up the street in full fig .

the amendment was just a fig leaf designed to cover the cracks in the party.

wearing nothing but fig leaves over their unmentionables.

Effects of demihull spacings on specific resistance are represented in Fig.2.

Fig.6 showing the secondary thickening between the gyres of the helix (arrow).

Serve natural as a dessert, or lightly grilled with caster sugar. 5 figs in the punnet.

Celeste (Blue Celeste, Honey Fig, Malta, Sugar, Violette

Real-world Examples

I don't really care a fig about status.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

You said dried figs. - Raisins, dried fruit.

Source: Gourmet Base

Further inside the jungle, you might meet the strangler fig.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

We looked up at the ripe, purple figs.

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 2

Now to the magic of figuring out how many sig figs your answer should have.

Source: Crash Course Comprehensive Edition

Ancient Egyptians would ripen their figs by cutting open a few in every bunch.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

That's what triggered those ancient figs to ripen when they were sliced open.

Source: Crash Course Botany

Meanwhile, I've got a hot pan to sear off some figs.

Source: Gourmet Base

Ernie and his friend Hannah came to work at the same Shrivel fig as Harry and Ron.

Source: 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Why don't we do something with a fig?

Source: Listening Digest

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