Produce PRODU'CE, v.t.[L. produco; pro and duco, to lead or draw.]
1. To bring forward; to bring or offer to view or notice; as, to produce
a witness or evidence in court. Produce your cause. Isa 41.
2. To exhibit to the public. Your parents did not produce you
much into the world. 3. To bring forth; to bear; as plants or the
soil. Trees produce fruit; the earth produces trees and grass; wheat
produces an abundance of food. 4. To bear; to generate and bring
forth; as young. The seas produce fish in abundance. They--
Produce prodigious births of body or mind. 5. To cause; to effect; to
bring into existence. Small causes sometimes produce great effects. The
clouds produce rain. The painter produces a picture or a landscape. The
sculptor produces a statue. Vice produces misery. 6. To raise; to
bring into being. The farmer produces grain enough for his family.
7. To make; to bring into being or form. The manufacturer produces
excellent wares. 8. To yield or furnish. Money produces interest;
capital produces profit. The commerce of the country produces a revenue to
government. 9. In general, to bring into existence or into view.
10. To draw out in length; to extend; as a line produced from A to B. PROD'UCE, n. That which is produced, brought forth or yielded;
product; as the produce of a farm; the produce of trees; the produce
of a country; the produce of a manufacture; the produce of the sea; the
produce of a tax; the produce of a mine. But when we speak of something
formed by an individual artisan or genius, we call it a production.
produce
n 1: fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market [syn:
produce, green goods, green groceries, garden
truck}]
v 1: bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit"
[syn: produce, bring forth]
2: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more
cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for
two centuries" [syn: produce, make, create]
3: cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a
curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints";
"These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President
must bring about a change in the health care system" [syn:
produce, bring about, give rise]
4: bring out for display; "The proud father produced many
pictures of his baby"; "The accused brought forth a letter in
court that he claims exonerates him" [syn: produce, bring
forth}]
5: cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means
of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces
great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow
wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" [syn: grow, raise,
farm, produce]
6: bring onto the market or release; "produce a movie"; "bring
out a book"; "produce a new play" [syn: produce, bring
on}, bring out]
7: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and
attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed
abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body";
"Well-developed breasts" [syn: grow, develop, produce,
get, acquire]
produce I. verb (produced; producing)
Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Latin producere, from
pro- forward + ducere to lead — more at towDate:
15th century transitive verb1. to offer to view or notice 2. to give birth or rise
to ;yield3. to extend in length, area, or volume
<produce a side of a triangle> 4. to make available
for public exhibition or dissemination: as
a. to provide funding for <search for backers to produce
the film> b. to oversee the making of <will produce
their new album>
5.a. to cause to have existence or to happen ;bring aboutb. to give being, form, or shape to ;make;
especiallymanufacture6. to compose, create, or bring out by intellectual or physical
effort 7. to cause to accrue
intransitive verb to bear, make, or yield something
• producibleadjectiveII. nounDate: 1695 1.a. something produced b. the amount produced ;yield2. agricultural products and especially fresh fruits and vegetables
as distinguished from grain and other staple crops 3. the progeny
usually of a female animal
produce v. & n. --v.tr. 1 bring forward for consideration, inspection, or use (will produce evidence). 2 manufacture (goods) from raw materials etc. 3 bear or yield (offspring, fruit, a
harvest, etc.). 4 bring into existence. 5 cause or bring about (a reaction, sensation, etc.). 6 Geom. extend or continue (a line). 7 a bring (a play, performer, book, etc.) before the
public. b supervise the production of (a film, broadcast, etc.). --n. 1 a what is produced, esp. agricultural and natural products collectively (dairy produce). b an amount of this. 2 (often
foll. by of) a result (of labour, efforts, etc.). 3 a yield, esp. in the assay of ore. Derivatives: producible adj. producibility n. Etymology: ME f. L producere (as PRO-(1),
ducere duct- lead)
produce
(producing, produced)Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1. To produce something means to cause it to happen.
The drug is known to produce side-effects in women...Talks aimed at producing a new world trade treaty have been under way for six years.VERB: V n, V n
2. If you produce something, you make or create it.
The company produced circuitry for communications systems...VERB: V n
3. When things or people produce something, it comes from them or slowly forms from them,
especially as the result of a biological or chemical process.
These plants are then pollinated and allowed to mature and produce seed....gases produced by burning coal and oil.VERB: V n, V-ed
4. If you produce evidence or an argument, you show it or explain it to people in order
to make them agree with you.
They challenged him to produce evidence to support his allegations...VERB: V n
5. If you produce an object from somewhere, you show it or bring it out so that it can
be seen.
To hire a car you must produce a passport and a current driving licence...VERB: V n
6. If someone produces something such as a film, a magazine, or a CD, they organize it
and decide how it should be done.
He has produced his own sports magazine called Yes Sport...VERB: V n
7. Produce is food or other things that are grown in large quantities to be sold.
We manage to get most of our produce in Britain...N-UNCOUNT
produce
̘. ̈n.ˈprɔdju:s v. & n. --v.tr. 1 bring forward for
consideration, inspection, or use (will produce evidence). 2 manufacture
(goods) from raw materials etc. 3 bear or yield (offspring, fruit, a
harvest, etc.). 4 bring into existence. 5 cause or bring about (a reaction,
sensation, etc.). 6 Geom. extend or continue (a line). 7 a bring (a play,
performer, book, etc.) before the public. b supervise the production of
(a film, broadcast, etc.). --n. 1 a what is produced, esp. agricultural
and natural products collectively (dairy produce). b an amount of this. 2
(often foll. by of) a result (of labour, efforts, etc.). 3 a yield, esp. in
the assay of ore. øøproducible adj. producibility n. [ME f. L producere
(as PRO-(1), ducere duct- lead)]
Produce \Pro*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Produced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Producing.] [L. producere, productum, to bring
forward, beget, produce; pro forward, forth + ducere to lead.
See Duke.]
1. To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or
notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or
evidence in court.
Produce your cause, saith the Lord. --Isa. xli.
21.
Your parents did not produce you much into the
world. --Swift.
2. To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or
growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to
propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces
grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain.
This soil produces all sorts of palm trees.
--Sandys.
[They] produce prodigious births of body or mind. --
Milton.
The greatest jurist his country had produced.
--Macaulay.
3. To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or
result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice
produces misery.
4. To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a
manufacturer produces excellent wares.
5. To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest
produces an income; capital produces profit.
6. To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to
produce a man's life to threescore. --Sir T. Browne.
7. (Geom.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or
solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle.
Produce \Prod"uce\ (?; 277), n.
That which is produced, brought forth, or yielded; product;
yield; proceeds; result of labor, especially of agricultural
labors; hence, specifically, agricultural products.
produce
̘. ̈n.ˈprɔdju:s v.
1 make, develop, turn out, put or bring out, manufacture, fabricate, generate, create;
construct, assemble, put together, compose; mould, cast; extrude: This machine is capable of
producing 10,000 units an hour.
2 yield, give rise to, cause, bring up, bring forth, spark, initiate, occasion, bring
about, prompt, evoke, start, create, generate, beget, originate: He was unprepared for the
laughter produced by his slip of the tongue.
3 generate, beget, create, put out or forth, breed, propagate, bear, give birth to,
hatch, grow: See how the plant is producing buds at these nodes?
4 bring forward or in or out, introduce, present, offer, show, exhibit, display, stage,
put on, mount: She was the first to produce Japanese Noh drama in the west.
5 disclose, reveal, bring to light, show, display, draw: When I refused to give him the
money, he produced a gun.
6 supply, furnish, provide, deliver, distribute: They are accused of continuing to
produce fluorocarbons despite the government ban. --n.
7 vegetables, fruit, Chiefly Brit greengrocery: The produce is delivered to the markets
from the farms at the crack of dawn.
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