fig

noun

1. the hollow, pear-shaped false fruit (syconium) of the fig tree, with sweet, pulpy flesh containing numerous tiny, seedlike true fruits (achenes)
2. any of a genus (Ficus) of fig-bearing trees of the mulberry family, esp. any of the many cultivated varieties of a tree (F. carica) bearing edible figs
3. a trifling amount; little bit: not worth a fig
4. a gesture of contempt or disdain made as by placing the thumb between the first two fingers or under the upper teeth

transitive verb figged, figging

noun

1. dress; appearance
2. shape; condition

1. figurative
2. figuratively
3. figure(s)