berry

noun

1. A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
2. A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.
3. A coffee bean.
4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish or crustacean.

   “The crabs carry their berries for six months.”

   “That is the only restriction existing: not even small fish or fish in berry, and there are no restrictions on soft-shelled fish.”

   “These crawfish are speared by the Kafirs, who bring them in to the village for sale, and who catch anything and everything either female fish in berry, or male fish in soft shell.”

   “The corals have the shape of a shrub and are green. Their berries are snow-white under water and soft. As soon as you take them out of the water, they grow hard and red.”

   “McCormick (1934) stated that eggs in various stages of development were found in females at the same time that they were in berry, which indicates a long egg-laying season.”

5. (US, slang)A police car.

   “Today was like one of those fly dreams / Didn't even see a berry flashin' those high beams”

6. (US, dated, slang)A dollar.

   “Four rounds and Enright still on his feet and a hundred and fifty thousand berries gone if he stays two more!”

7. (dialectal)A mound; a barrow.
8. (dialectal)A burrow, especially a rabbit's burrow.
9. An excavation; a military mine.

verb

1. (intransitive)To pick berries.

   “On summer days Grandma used to take us berrying, whether we wanted to go or not.”

   “Partly because I always itched and prickled in a berry patch I may have been disinclined to nibble as I worked; but largely I think it was because I berried under a master strategist and I wanted to see how well we could coordinate our efforts...”

2. To bear or produce berries.
3. (transitive)To beat; give a beating to; thrash.
4. (transitive)To thresh (grain).

name

1. A surname from Middle English.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

   “Beresford Conway. All my pals call me Berry.”

   “Since my father's name was Berry Gordy, he named me Berry Gordy. There's no middle name.”

3. A place name:
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8. (rare)A female given name from English.

   “"I'm Beryl Shaddock. Call me Berry," the girl said.”

   “"What's with your dad calling you 'Berry' anyway? What kind of name is 'Berry'?" "Oh, it's short for Huckleberry," she replied, as if that explained everything.”

9. A former province in Centre-Val de Loire region, France.