Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Produce"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Produce \Pro*duce"\, v. i.
To yield or furnish appropriate offspring, crops, effects,
consequences, or results.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
produce
n : fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market [syn: {green
goods}, {green groceries}, {garden truck}]
v 1: bring forth or yield: "The tree would not produce fruit"
[syn: {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: {make}, {create}]
3: cause to occur or exist: "This procedure produces a curious
effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints";
"These chemicals produce a noxious vapor" [syn: {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: {bring forth}]
5: bring onto the market or release, as of an intellectual
creation: "produce a movie"; "bring out a book"; "produce
a new play" [syn: {bring on}, {bring out}]
6: cultivate by growing; often involves 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}]
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}, {get}, {acquire}]
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