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meta:{
id:"apple",
uuid:"e3bcad1b-e6cc-4e94-98d2-0efa435d84ed",
src:"learners",
section:"alpha",
target:{
tuuid:"44e59f49-db3f-4db0-9639-788033a87df7",
tsrc:"collegiate"
},
highlight:"yes",
stems:[
"apple",
"apples",
"compare apples to apples/oranges",
"compare apples to apples",
"compare apples to oranges",
"the apple of someone's eye",
"the apple of someones eye",
"upset the apple cart",
"bad apple",
"rotten apple"
],
app-shortdef:{
hw:"apple",
fl:"noun",
def:[
"{bc} a round fruit with red, yellow, or green skin and firm white flesh"
]
},
offensive:false
},
hwi:{
hw:"ap*ple",
prs:[
{
ipa:"ˈæpəl",
sound:{
audio:"apple001"
}
}
]
},
fl:"noun",
ins:[
{
il:"plural",
if:"ap*ples"
}
],
def:[
{
sseq:[
[
[
"sense",
{
dt:[
[
"text",
"{bc}a round fruit with red, yellow, or green skin and firm white flesh "
],
[
"wsgram",
"count"
],
[
"vis",
[
{
t:"crisp juicy {it}apples{/it}"
},
{
t:"a bad/rotten {it}apple{/it} [=an apple that has rotted and cannot be eaten]"
}
]
],
[
"wsgram",
"noncount"
],
[
"vis",
[
{
t:"a piece of {it}apple{/it}"
}
]
],
[
"uns",
[
[
[
"text",
"often used before another noun "
],
[
"vis",
[
{
t:"{it}apple{/it} pie"
},
{
t:"{it}apple{/it} juice"
},
{
t:"{it}apple{/it} trees"
}
]
]
]
]
],
[
"text",
"{p_only}{dx}see color picture on page C5{/dx}{/p_only} "
],
[
"snote",
[
[
"t",
"In figurative use, a {phrase}bad apple{/phrase} or {phrase}rotten apple{/phrase} is a bad member of a group who causes problems for the rest of the "vis",
[
{
t:"A few {it}bad apples{/it} cheated on the test, and now everyone has to take the test again."
},
{
t:"One {it}rotten apple{/it} ruined the day for the rest of us."
}
]
]
]
],
[
"text",
"{dx}see also {dxt|adam's apple||} {dxt|crab apple||}{/dx}"
]
]
}
]
]
]
}
],
dros:[
{
drp:"compare apples to apples/oranges",
def:[
{
sseq:[
[
[
"sense",
{
dt:[
[
"text",
"{dx}see {dxt|compare:1||}{/dx}"
]
]
}
]
]
]
}
]
},
{
drp:"the apple of someone's eye",
def:[
{
sseq:[
[
[
"sense",
{
dt:[
[
"text",
"{bc}a person or thing that someone loves very much "
],
[
"vis",
[
{
t:"His daughter is {it}the apple of his eye{/it}."
}
]
]
]
}
]
]
]
}
]
},
{
drp:"upset the apple cart",
def:[
{
sseq:[
[
[
"sense",
{
dt:[
[
"text",
"{dx}see {dxt|upset:2||}{/dx}"
]
]
}
]
]
]
}
]
}
],
shortdef:[
"a round fruit with red, yellow, or green skin and firm white flesh —often used before another noun"
]