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borne fruit

borne fruit is the past participle of bear fruit.

Meaning of bear fruit

Verb

bear fruit (third-person singular simple present bears fruit, present participle bearing fruit, simple past bore fruit, past participle borne fruit)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) Of an effort, endeavor, etc., to produce good results; to yield benefits; to succeed.
    • Many people had looked but it was unusual to see these searches bearing fruit.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, fruit.
    • After several barren years it was good to see the trees bearing fruit.

Questions about borne fruit

What is borne fruit the past participle of?
Borne fruit is the past participle of bear fruit.

Words near borne fruit in the dictionary

  1. borne away
  2. borne away the bell
  3. borne date
  4. borne down
  5. borne down on
  6. borne fruit
  7. borne in
  8. borne in mind
  9. borne in on
  10. borne in with
  11. borne off

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