Collins English-English Dictionary

fig [fɪg]

1. 1. n any moraceous tree or shrub of the tropical and subtropical genus Ficus, in which the flowers are borne inside a pear-shaped receptacle

2. 2. n [dialect] feg a piece or segment from an orange

3. 3. n the fruit of any of these trees, esp of F. carica, which develops from the receptacle and has sweet flesh containing numerous seedlike structures

4. 4. n fico an insulting gesture made with the thumb between the first two fingers or under the upper teeth

5. 5. n any of various plants or trees having a fruit similar to this

6. 6. n [used with a negative] something of negligible value; jot

   I don't care a fig for your opinion

7. 7. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French figue, from Old Provençal figa, from Latin ficus fig tree

fig [fɪg]

1. 1. vt. [slang] [tr] [foll by out or up] to dress (up) or rig (out)

2. 2. vt. to administer stimulating drugs to (a horse)

3. 3. n dress, appearance, or array (esp in the phrase in full fig)

4. 4. n physical condition or form

   in bad fig

5. 5. n [Etymology] C17 feague, of uncertain origin