'Cherry' definitions:

Definition of 'cherry'

From: WordNet
adjective
Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet]
noun
Wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
noun
Any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood [syn: cherry, cherry tree]
noun
A red fruit with a single hard stone
noun
A red the color of ripe cherries [syn: cerise, cherry, cherry red]

Definition of 'Cherry'

From: GCIDE
  • Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn, from the hardness of the wood.]
  • 1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; (a) 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 M['e]doc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; Prunus Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; Prunus avium and Prunus Padus, European trees (bird cherry). [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. [1913 Webster]
  • Barbadoes cherry. See under Barbadoes.
  • Cherry bird (Zool.), an American bird; the cedar bird; -- so called from its fondness for cherries.
  • Cherry bounce, cherry brandy and sugar.
  • Cherry brandy, brandy in which cherries have been steeped.
  • Cherry laurel (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Prunus Lauro-cerasus}) common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds.
  • Cherry pepper (Bot.), a species of Capsicum ({Capsicum cerasiforme}), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit.
  • Cherry pit. (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. --Shak. (b) A cherry stone.
  • Cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped.
  • Cherry sucker (Zool.), the European spotted flycatcher (Musicapa grisola); -- called also cherry chopper cherry snipe.
  • Cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries.
  • Ground cherry, Winter cherry, See Alkekengi. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cherry'

From: GCIDE
  • Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), a. Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'cherry'

From: GCIDE
  • Bob \Bob\, v. i.
  • 1. To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything. "Bobbing and courtesying." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3. [1913 Webster]
  • He ne'er had learned the art to bob For anything but eels. --Saxe. [1913 Webster]
  • To bob at an apple, cherry, etc. to attempt to bite or seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a tug of water. [1913 Webster]

Cherry, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Cherry, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000) :
509
Housing Units (2000) :
220
Land area (2000) :
0.538056 sq. miles (1.393559 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.538056 sq. miles (1.393559 sq. km)
FIPS code :
12970
Located within :
Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location :
41.426628 N, 89.212422 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Cherry -- U.S. County in Nebraska

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Cherry -- U.S. County in Nebraska
Population (2000) :
6148
Housing Units (2000) :
3220
Land area (2000) :
5960.522867 sq. miles (15437.682699 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
49.019880 sq. miles (126.960902 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
6009.542747 sq. miles (15564.643601 sq. km)
Located within :
Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location :
42.651785 N, 101.147203 W

Words containing 'Cherry'