cherry

Definition of cherry in English English dictionary: A female given name, a pet form of Charity, also interpreted as a flower name
'Cherry, then,' said Bailey. 'Cherry's short for it. It’s all the same.'.; someone connected with AFC Bournemouth, as a fan, player, coach etc; Virginity, particularly of a woman
In any case it’s ironic, considering there hasn’t been a cherry in the white house since Chelsea Clinton was fourteen.; In excellent condition; mint condition
A few years earlier, I’d restored my ’65 Mustang convertible to cherry condition—fire engine red, with matching tuck-and-roll—and I wasn’t surprised that it drew attention.; A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem; A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves
Step 3: Output the tree T. The edge lengths of T are determined recursively: If (x,y) is a cherry connected to node z as in Step 2….; The wood of a cherry tree; A tree or shrub that bears cherries; Of a bright red colour; Containing or having the taste of cherries; cherry red; a red the color of ripe cherries; The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P; {s} bright red; (of food and drinks) made with cherries, containing cherries, cherries flavoring like cherry; (Slang) unused; (Slang) lacking experience, being a naive beginner; Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P; Good education; Cherries are small, round fruit with red skins; The timber of the cherry tree, esp; {i} anyone of various trees that produce an small one-seeded edible fruit; type of small fruit which grows on trees; red color (like the color of ripe cherries); (Slang) maidenhood, virginity; (Slang) something new, something unused; (Slang) beginner, inexperienced person; a small round dark red fruit; Chopping the front pin of a spare leave while a pin behind and/or to the left or right remains standing (chop); (Prunus) The fruit of any of various trees of this genus, consisting of a pulpy globular drupe enclosing a one-seeded smooth stone Some of the cherries ordered by Johnson included: Carnation Cherry: a favorite cherry planted by both Jefferson & Washington English Cherry: Espalier or orchard; hard and sweet May Duke Cherry: Planted by Washington and Jefferson; good for both dessert and cooking; a "Duke" is one of the four categories of cherry Red Heart Cherry: another common division of "Cherry"; hard; suckers at a distance from the tree These cherries were often espaliered against walls or lined up in orchards; popular in kitchen gardens Tierce English White Heart Cherry: One of the heart varieties Popular because they could be espaliered against a wall in kitchen gardens Wild Cherry: Probably sour; foliage nice; "made a nice liqueur by putting the fruit with sugar in a demijohn or cask of the best old rum " [Miller]; n buah ceri (ceri); any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood; fruit with a single hard stone; There are two main types of cherries: sweet and sour The sweet varieties include Bing, Lambert, Tartarian, and Royal Ann (from which Maraschino cherries are made) The sour types include Early Richmond, Montemorency, English Merello; avium and P; Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks; Slang for new, virgin, untested; of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc; Name of the fruit of the coffee tree; Padus, European trees (bird cherry); A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Médoc in France); Missing a spare cluster by taking the front pin or pins only; it usually means that the ball hit too much in the center of the front pin causing no ball deflection to assist in taking the remaining pins; i e , leaving the 6-10 spare and hitting dead center on the 6 pin and the 10 pin remaining See also "chop" Also, a word used to describe very easy scoring conditions; having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies; A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry; The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors; Same as chop; fruit with a single hard stone any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry; wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry; A cherry or a cherry tree is a tree that cherries grow on. Any of various trees of the genus Prunus and their edible fruits. Most are native to the Northern Hemisphere, where they are widely grown. Three types are grown mainly for their fruit: sweet cherries (P. avium); sour, or tart, cherries (P. cerasus); and, to a much lesser extent, dukes (crosses of sweet and sour cherries). Sweet-cherry trees are large, and their fruit is generally heart-shaped to nearly globular, varies in colour from yellow through red to nearly black, and has a low acid content. Sour-cherry trees are smaller and bear fruit that is round to oblate, generally dark red, and more acidic. Dukes are intermediate in both tree and fruit characteristics. The wood of some cherry species is especially esteemed for the manufacture of fine furniture. Ornamental varieties selected for the beauty of their flowers are a common feature of gardens; A tree that grows in the northern hemisphere; the wood is hard and light weight It is golden brown in color with a hint of green It can be easily distinguished from other brownish woods by its golden sheen; >> global leader in the design, development, & manufacture of biometric keyboards Imagis Technologies >> developer of advanced biometric software for facial recognition technology Precise Biometrics >> fingerprint technology for IT security, physical access, and embedded solutions; Liver Freeze-Dried Spirulina; {a} ruddy, blooming, healthy; {n} a fruit; A bright red colour
cherry Bakewell tart: a Bakewell tart with icing and half glacé cherry on top
cherry Bakewell tarts: plural form of cherry Bakewell tart
cherry birch: A tree of the species Betula lenta, with a dark bark resembling a cherry tree's and an aromatic bark and sap used for birch beer
cherry blossom: The blossom of the cherry tree
cherry blossom: A stylized depiction of the blossom of the cherry tree, as used in Japanese mon
The cherry blossom was in use in Heian times...For obvious reasons it become the mon of the Sakurai family.
cherry bomb: A spherical firecracker that generates a high-power explosion
cherry brandy: A liqueur made from cherries macerated in brandy or neutral spirit, and flavoured with spices
cherry graph: A subtree in a graph consisting of in an internal node with exactly two leaves (because it looks like a cherry)
cherry laurel: An evergreen shrub, native to regions bordering the Black Sea in southwestern Asia
cherry pick: To position oneself near the opponent's goal to attempt to receive an errant or intentional pass for an easy score, as in basketball or versions of soccer where offsides are not enforced
cherry pick: To select only the best from a range of options
We're not offering you a chance to cherry-pick the Caerphilly Zoo to fill in the gaps in your own collection.
cherry picked: Simple past tense and past participle of cherry pick
cherry picker: A person or group who pick the best for themselves
cherry picker: An extensible boom, usually mounted on a truck body, used by workers to reach inaccessible places as power lines and tall trees
cherry pickers: plural form of cherry picker
cherry picking: Selecting only the best from a group or other range of choices
cherry picks: Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cherry pick
cherry pitter: A handheld device that removes pits from cherries
cherry red: Of a deep bright red colour, like that of a cherry
cherry red: A deep bright red color, like that of a cherry
cherry red colour:.
cherry tree: A tree of the subgenus Cerasus, the members of which are valued agriculturally for their fruit, the cherry. The wood of the tree, cherrywood, is also valued in woodworking
cherry trees: plural form of cherry tree
cherry-bomb: A four square ball game term which basically means spiking the ball or slamming it down with a force to make it hard for a person to retrieve it to stay in the game. A cherry-bomb with an even more impressive force would be called a tree-top
cherry-pick: To pick out the best, or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light
From all the available statistics, the politician cherry-picked only those that backed up his ideas.
cherry-pop: to deflower, take the virginity of
cherry picker: (Mühendislik) A cherry picker (also known as a boom lift or, rarely, as basket crane or hydraladder), is a type of aerial work platform that consists of a platform or bucket at the end of a hydraulic lifting system
Cherry Hill: An urban township of west-central New Jersey east-southeast of Camden. It is mainly residential. Population: 69,319
Cherry Valley Raid: (Nov. 11, 1778) Attack during the American Revolution by Iroquois Indians on a New York frontier settlement. In retaliation for earlier assaults on two Indian villages, the Iroquois chief Joseph Brant joined with British loyalists to lead the attack on the fortified village at Cherry Valley. Thirty militiamen and settlers were killed
cherry bomb: A red, ball-shaped firecracker that explodes with a loud bang. a large round red firecracker (=small loud explosive)
cherry bomb: a red ball-shaped firecracker with high explosive power
cherry brandy: type of alcoholic drink
cherry brandy: Colorless spirit produced from the distillation of cherries It may also be called its German name of Kirschwasser
cherry brandy: Is a cherry flavored liqueur It is made with whole ripe cherries, brandy, sugar and/or glucose The oil from the pits is what gives cherry brandy a subtle bitterness It is cherry red and is produced in Canada, Denmark, Italy and other countries Best enjoyed on the rocks, in mixed drinks, cocktails and tall drinks Blends well with fruit juices, dairy products, club soda, cacao liqueurs, vodka, gin and brandy
cherry brandy: a fruit liqueur made from the juice of ripe dark cherries
cherry jam: sweet jelly made from cherries
cherry laurel: small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil
cherry laurel: A frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree (Prunus laurocerasus) in the rose family, having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage that yields an oil similar to bitter almond oil
cherry liquor: cherry flavored alcoholic drink
cherry pepper: plant bearing small rounded usually pungent fruits
cherry picker: Someone who travels to several stores to buy only the advertised specials
cherry picker: A player who stays at center ice and does not help their team on defense They hope to pick up a break out pass with no defenders in their way (We hate cherry pickers because the authors of this site play defense: hey cherry picker - get in the game!)
cherry picker: A consumer who shops a retailer expressly for "specials," often traveling from store to store to get the best-priced items
cherry picker: -An aerial lift truck Also see Bucket Truck
cherry picker: {i} apparatus used in orchards for picking fruits (not only for picking cherries); mobile crane that can be raised to enable a person to work off the ground (such as working on electrical lines, pruning trees, etc.)
cherry plum: small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit; used in Europe as budding stock
cherry plum: A deciduous ornamental Eurasian shrub or small tree (Prunus cerasifera) in the rose family, having white flowers and small red to yellow edible fruits. Also called myrobalan, myrobalan plum
cherry stone: the stone seed of a cherry
cherry tomato: {i} type of tomato plant that bears cherry-sized edible red fruit; cherry-sized tomato of the cherry tomato plant
cherry tomato: small red to yellow tomatoes
cherry tomato: small red to yellow tomatoes plant bearing small red to yellow fruit
cherry tomato: A variety of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme) having small red to yellow fruits. a type of very small tomato
cherry tomato: plant bearing small red to yellow fruit
cherry-pick: If someone cherry-picks people or things, they choose the best ones from a group of them, often in a way that other people consider unfair. The club is in debt while others are queuing to cherry-pick their best players
cherry-tree gum: exudation from trees of the prunus genus; resembles gum arabic
African cherry orange: A small citrus fruit about three inches in diameter native to Africa
bird cherry: A cherry tree, Prunus padus native to the northern Eurasia
bird-cherry ermine: An ermine moth, Yponomeuta evonymella, whose caterpillars build nets that can cover whole bird cherry trees
bird-cherry ermines: plural form of bird-cherry ermine
bladder cherry: A plant, Physalis alkekengi, having a bright paper-like covering over its fruit, native to southern Europe
bob-cherry: A play where one tries to snap at a swinging cherry with one's mouth
Snaps at it too.
dash cherry: the red rotating light put on a police car's dashboard to indicate an emergency
pop someone's cherry: To deflower someone
pop the cherry: To break the hymen; to lose one's virginity
sour cherry: a species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus (cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia, Prunus cerasus
sour cherry: the fruit of this tree
wild cherry: The uncultivated cherry tree, Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia
wild cherry: The fruit of this tree
winter cherry: bladder cherry
a second bite at the cherry: (deyim) another opportunity to do something
break one's cherry: Take or lose one's virginity
montmorency cherry: a variety of sour cherry grown in the United States, Canada and France, particularly in Michigan and Wisconsin
montmorency cherry: prunus cerasus
Bing cherry: A variety of cherry with juicy, sweet, deep red to nearly black fruit
Jerusalem cherry: An Old World ornamental shrub (Solanum pseudocapsicum) having inedible scarlet or yellow fruit and grown as a houseplant
Okame Cherry: {i} type of delicate cherry tree with pink flowers
barbados cherry: tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
bing cherry: dark red or blackish sweet cherry
bird cherry: It bears small black cherries
bird cherry: any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds
bird cherry: Any of several cherry trees, especially the Eurasian Prunus padus, having clusters of white flowers and small black fruits
bird cherry: A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe
black cherry: any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh
black cherry: {i} large North American cherry tree that bears black cherries; fruit of the black cherry tree; hard reddish brown wood of the black cherry tree used in the furniture and musical instruments industries
black cherry: large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit
catalina cherry: evergreen shrub or small tree found on Catalina Island (California)
cherries: plural of cherry
cornelian cherry: deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit
downy ground cherry: decorative American annual having round fleshy yellow berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk
flowering cherry: any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms
ground cherry: Any of various chiefly New World plants of the genus Physalis, having small, globose, fleshy fruit enclosed in a papery, bladderlike, persistent calyx. Also called husk tomato
ground cherry: any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers
heart cherry: large heart-shaped sweet cherry with soft flesh any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits
holly-leaved cherry: California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers
jamaican cherry: a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves
japanese flowering cherry: ornamental tree with inedible fruit widely cultivated in many varieties for its pink blossoms
jerusalem cherry: small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
maraschino cherry: A cherry preserved in a syrup flavored with real or imitation maraschino. a cherry that has been kept in maraschino. Maraschino cherries are used to decorate alcoholic drinks or cakes
oriental cherry: ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms
pin cherry: small shrubby North American wild cherry with small bright red acid fruit
rosebud cherry: shrub or tree native to Japan cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-pink flowers
sand cherry: small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit
sour cherry: Australian tree with sour red fruit
sour cherry: acid cherries used for pies and preserves Australian tree with sour red fruit rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit
sour cherry: acid cherries used for pies and preserves
sour cherry: rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit
surinam cherry: Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and Florida
sweet cherry: any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh
sweet cherry: any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation
sweet cherry: large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation
western sand cherry: dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit
wild cherry: an uncultivated cherry tree the fruit of the wild cherry tree
winter cherry: A frequently cultivated Eurasian plant (Physalis alkekengi) having small red berries enclosed in inflated papery orange-red seed cases. Also called Chinese lantern plant
winter cherry: Chinese lantern, plant of Eurasia that has red berries contained in orange papery cases (of the nightshade family); berry of the winter cherry plant

cherry

Hyphenation

Cher·ry

Turkish pronunciation

çeri

Synonyms

blooming, blushing, bright red, cerise, claret, crimson, dark red, erubescent, incarnadine, reddish, rosy, rubescent, rubicund, ruddy

Pronunciation

/ˈʧerē/ /ˈʧɛriː/

Etymology

[ cher-E ] (noun.) 14th century. From Old English ciris (“cherry”), from Middle English (loanword from Old Northern French cherise (“cherry”)) cheri. The Middle English singular is a folk-etymology from Old Northern French cherise (“cherry”) (interpreted as a plural), from Vulgar Latin *ceresia, a reinterpretation of the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerasion, “cherry”).