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The correct spelling is fig.
How to pronounce fig
/fɪɡ/
nounIPA: /fɪɡ/
Say it like: Fig
The correct spelling is fig. A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. For example: "a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble"
Usage Examples
“a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble”
“He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.”
“The muslin was of a pretty figure.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
- 2.The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
- 3.A small piece of tobacco.
- 4.The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
- 5.A raisin (dried grape)
verb
- 1.To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.
- 2.To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.
- 3.(soap-making) To develop, or cause (a soap) to develop, white streaks or granulations.
- 4.To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.
- 5.To dress; to get oneself up a certain way.
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