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To bear fruit - Verb
to bear fruit (third-person singular simple present bears fruit, present participle bearing fruit, simple past bore fruit, past participle borne fruit)
1.To succeed in some task; literally, of a tree or plant bearing fruit; figuratively in relation to any attempted task. After several barren years it was good to see the trees bearing fruit. Many people had looked but it was unusual to see these searches bearing fruit.
French: porter des fruits Spanish: a dar sus frutosChinese: 见效German:Früchte zu tragenItalian:a dare i suoi fruttiPortuguese:a dar frutosDutch:vruchten af te werpenPolish:przynosić owoceUkranian:приносити плодиArabic:تؤتي ثمارهاGreek:να αποδίδει καρπούςLatin:ut fructumHindi:फलVietnamese:đơm hoa kết trái
Japanese:実を結ぶにDanish:at bære frugtTagalog:upang magbungaKorean:결실을 맺기Russian:приносить плоды