apple

1. apple (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.: The fruit of the tree Malus domestica, chiefly with a green, red, or yellow skin, cultivated in temperate climates for cidermaking, cooking, and eating.

Example: All apples eaten ſoone after yͭ they be gathered, are cold, hard to digeſt, and do make ill and corrupted bloud, but being wel kept vntill yͤ next winter, or the year folowing, eatẽ [eaten] after meales, they are right holeſome, & doe confyrme the ſtomacke, & make good digeſtion, ſpecially if they be roſted or baked, […]

2. apple (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.: Often with a qualifying word: any fruit or vegetable, or any other thing (such as a cone or gall) produced by a plant, especially if from a tree and similar to the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1).

Example: custard apple    rose apple    thorn apple

3. apple (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.: Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1) in shape (such as a ball, breast, or globe) or colour.

Example: [H]old a round ball or hollovv apple of glaſſe full of vvater againſt the Sunne, it vvill be ſo hot, that it is ready to burne any cloth that it toucheth.

4. apple (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To make (something) appear like an apple (noun sense 1.1).

Example: To choose responsibly, our active citizen must know what is being offered, much of this knowledge being filtered through appearance: things must look what they are supposed to be. Apples must look like applies. One might say they have to be appled-up; varieties are selected for marketing which have the most apple-like qualities.

5. apple (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To become like an apple.

Example: He glanced at me, his cheeks appled in the impish grin I was learning to recognise as the clever under-side of his broad and gentle smile.

6. apple (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To collect fir-cones.