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pro·duce (prə?-dūus', -dyūus', prōo-)

v., -duced, -duc·ing, -duc·es.

v.tr.

• To bring forth; yield: a plant that produces pink flowers.
• To create by physical or mental effort: produce a tapestry; produce a poem.
• To manufacture: factories that produce cars and trucks.
• To cause to occur or exist; give rise to: chemicals that produce a noxious vapor when mixed.
• To bring forth; exhibit: reached into a pocket and produced a packet of matches; failed to produce an eyewitness to the crime.
• To supervise and finance the making and public presentation of: produce a stage play; produce a videotape.
• Mathematics. To extend (an area or volume) or lengthen (a line).

• To make or yield products or a product: an apple tree that produces well.
• To manufacture or create economic goods and services.

• Something produced; a product.
• Farm products, especially fresh fruits and vegetables, considered as a group.

pro·duc'i·ble or pro·duce'a·ble adj.

SYNONYMS produce, bear, yield. These verbs mean to bring forth as a product: a mine that produces gold; a seed that finally bore fruit; a plant that yields a medicinal oil.

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produce

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• To bring forth (a product): bear, give, yield. See rich/poor.
• To bring (a product or idea, for example) into being: develop, generate. See kin.
• To make as income or profit: bring in, clear, draw, earn, gain, gross, net2, pay, realize, repay, return, yield. See money.
• To form by artistic effort: compose, create, indite, write. See make/unmake.
• To create by forming, combining, or altering materials: assemble, build, construct, fabricate, fashion, forge1, frame, make, manufacture, mold, put together, shape. See make/unmake.
• To cause to come into existence: beget, breed, create, engender, father, hatch, make, originate, parent, procreate, sire, spawn. Idioms: givebirthriseto. See make/unmake.
• To make or become longer: draw out, elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, prolongate, protract, spin (out), stretch (out). See increase/decrease, long/short.

 

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The noun produce has one meaning:

Meaning #1: fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
Synonyms: green goods, green groceries, garden truck

The verb produce has 7 meanings:

Meaning #1: bring forth or yield
Synonym: bring forth

Meaning #2: create or manufacture a man-made product
Synonyms: make, create

Meaning #3: cause to occur or exist
Synonyms: bring about, give rise

Meaning #4: bring out for display
Synonym: bring forth

Meaning #5: bring onto the market or release, as of an intellectual creation
Synonyms: bring on, bring out

Meaning #6: cultivate by growing; often involves improvements by means of agricultural techniques
Synonyms: grow, raise, farm

Meaning #7: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Synonyms: grow, develop, get, acquire

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produce

Supermarket produce section

Produce is a general term for a group of farm-produced goods, generally limited to fruits and vegetables. In supermarkets the term produce is often used to refer to the section where fruits and vegetables are kept.

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Translations for: Produce

Nederlands (Dutch)
produceren, veroorzaken, voortbrengen, te voorschijn brengen, maken, samenstellen, opbrengen, groente, producten

Français (French)
produire, provoquer, payer, créer, engendrer, mettre en scène, sortir, rapporter, donner naissance à, produits

Deutsch (German)
n. - Produkte, Erzeugnisse, Ertrag
v. - bewirken, erzeugen, herbeiführen, liefern, herstellen, produzieren, inszenieren, hervorbringen, Ertrag bringen, vorzeigen

Ε?λ?λ?η?ν?ι?κ?ή? (Greek)
n. γ?εeω?ρ?γ?ι?κ?ά? πpρ?ο?ϊ?ό?ν?τtαa, γ?εeν?ν?ή?μαaτtαa, πpαaρ?αaγ?ω?γ?ή? v. πpαaρ?ά?γ?ω?, πpαaρ?ο?υ?σsι?ά?ζ?ω?, εeμφfαaν?ί?ζ?ω?, εeπpι?δdεeι?κ?ν?ύ?ω?, πpρ?ο?σsκ?ο?μί?ζ?ω?, δdεeί?χ?ν?ω?, αaν?εeβά?ζ?ω?, πpαaρ?ο?υ?σsι?ά?ζ?ω? (έ?ρ?γ?ο?), κ?αaτtαaσsκ?εeυ?ά?ζ?ω?, γ?εeν?ν?ώ?, δdη?μι?ο?υ?ρ?γ?ώ?, πpρ?ο?κ?αaλ?ώ?, πpρ?ο?ξ?εeν?ώ?

Italiano (Italian)
provocare, sborsare, produrre, generare, rendere, figliare, frutta e verdura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - produto (m)
v. - produzir, criar, gerar, apresentar

Р?у?с?с?к?и?й? (Russian)
п?р?о?и?з?в?о?д?и?т?ь?, в?ы?р?а?б?а?т?ы?в?а?т?ь?, в?ы?п?у?с?к?а?т?ь?, с?о?з?д?а?в?а?т?ь?, п?р?е?д?ъ?я?в?л?я?т?ь?, с?т?а?в?и?т?ь?, п?р?о?и?з?в?о?д?и?т?ь? п?о?т?о?м?с?т?в?о?, п?р?о?д?у?к?ц?и?я?, у?р?о?ж?а?й?

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - producir, causar, ocasionar, pagar, generar, dirigir, presentar, mostrar, dar, parir
v. intr. - producir, dar productos, dar frutos
n. - productos, producción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avkastning, produkter, alster, produktion, varor
v. - framställa, frambringa, åstadkomma, uppföra, förlänga (geom.)

中?国?琣? (Simplified Chinese)
v. tr. - 生?产?, 出?产?, 创?作?, 制?濠?, 生?罎?
v. intr. - 生?产?, 创?作?
n. - 产?品?, 农?产?品?
 

中?國?疏? (Traditional Chinese)
v. tr. - 生?產?, 出?產?, 創?作?, 眃?濠?, 生?罎?
v. intr. - 生?產?, 創?作?
n. - 產?品?, 灎?產?品?
 

日?本?畢? (Japanese)
v. - 生?ず?る?, 眃?濠?す?る?, 創?作?す?る?, 生?む?, 引?き?犉?こ?す?, 上?演?す?る?, 呈?示?す?る?, 出?版?す?る?, 延?檉?す?る?, 産?出?す?る?, 眃?作?す?る?, 取?り?出?す?, 生?産?す?る?
n. - 生?産?枳?, 灎?産?物?
 

ا?ل?ع?ر?ب?ي?ه? (Arabic)
‏?(ا?ل?ا?س?م?) ن?ت?ا?ج?, غ?ل?ه? (ف?ع?ل?) ي?ن?ت?ج?, ي?خ?ر?ج?, ي?ق?د?م? ل?ل?ج?م?ه?و?ر?‏?

ע?ב?ר?י?ת?‬? (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮?י?י?צ?ר?, ה?פ?י?ק?, ש?ל?ף?, ה?ו?צ?י?א?, ה?ר?א?ה?, ה?צ?י?ג?, ג?ר?ם?, ח?ו?ל?ל?, פ?ר?ס?ם? (י?צ?י?ר?ה?), ה?מ?ש?י?ך? (ק?ו?)‬?
v. intr. - ‮?ה?צ?מ?י?ח?, י?צ?ר?, י?ל?ד?ה?, ה?מ?ל?י?ט?ה?‬?
n. - ‮?י?ב?ו?ל?, ת?ו?צ?ר?ת?, ת?ו?צ?ר?‬?
 

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