🇬🇧 Fig meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A fig is a small, sweet, soft fruit that can be purple, green, or brown on the outside, with squishy pink or red inside filled with lots of tiny edible seeds; people eat figs fresh or dried, and they’re often very sticky, sweet, and a little chewy.

I balanced a fig on my head and declared myself the Fruit King until it rolled off and declared gravity the winner.

Grandpa said, “I brought you a something,” and pulled out one fig of his pocket like a magician.

My dad said, “Eat your fig,” so I gave it a pep talk and said, “We’re in this together, buddy.”

I drew a smiley face on a fig, and now I feel bad every time I eat its cousins.

Many figs we eat are actually flowers turned inside out.

An old woman sees a fig on a low branch. She lifts a fig, feels the soft skin, and breaks the fig in two. The inside has many tiny seeds and sweet juice. A child watches, takes a fig, eats it, smiles, and gives a fig to a friend. They both laugh and wipe the juice.

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This word is at the B1 level, which means it’s important for understanding and discussing familiar topics like work, school, or leisure. Words at this level help you express your thoughts, opinions, and experiences with more detail.

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