to berry
- verb
- /ˈbɛri/
:
recoger bayas
- She loves berrying in the woods, often finding wild raspberries and cherries along the trails.
Examples
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More importantly, berrying stories—accounts by Ojibwe of berrying experiences—provide insight into the meanings of these transformations.
Academic text (2009) -
Families, and in some cases entire communities, harvested berries together, often camping near the locations where they berried.
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However, it is unlikely that berrying stories will disappear.
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Denomie's childhood memories and experiences of berrying as an adult in 1938 reflect the positive experiences of berrying.
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Kegg stated of Ojibwe berrying: "That's the way they made their living, selling berries and buying lard, flour, sugar, whatever they needed."
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Not only do Kegg's words indicate the continuity of mobility associated with berrying, but she also places berrying squarely in a cash economy as a form of work, indicating its meaning as such to the Ojibwe.
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In July 1894, at the Fond du Lac Reservation, John Anamosing, a community leader, wrote to agent W. A. Mercer, the agent of La Pointe, requesting that he send police to protect band members while berrying:
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She and Alice had gone berrying along its creeks and walked its meadows for more than thirty years, and she had begun to dream of the land in ruins, with its glades and grasslands burned.
Fiction book (1993) -
In late spring, we always enjoy berrying in the nearby fields, gathering fresh strawberries and blueberries.
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Every summer, families in the village go berrying together, filling their baskets with ripe blackberries.
Compounds
- US
A bushy tropical houseplant with pale pink or white flowers and clusters of red berries
A strong alcoholic drink made from aronia berries with a deep color and tart taste
A creeping plant that lives many years and makes soft yellow-orange berries that taste like baked apples
A low evergreen bush that grows close to the ground with white flowers and rough white seeds
A small plant that grows close to the ground with red edible berries and scented leaves
- New Zealand
A small New Zealand shrub with pretty leaves and red berries used to make wine
- Specialized
A low creeping plant with bright red berries that grows in cold northern places
- US
A tall American plant with white flowers whose small dark fruits and roots are poisonous but young stems are edible
- UK
A plant from Europe and Asia with white flowers, hairy leaves, and black berries that can make people sick
A wild plant with silvery leaves and round berries that people use to curdle milk
- US
A low evergreen bush with small white flowers, red berries, and leaves that turn red in autumn
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Berry as a verb comes from the noun berry and originally meant 'to pick or gather berries'. A helpful image is walking through bushes collecting small fruits, so to 'berry' is to go and pick them.