Real Dictionary

fig
countable noun: A fig is a soft sweet fruit that grows in hot countries. It is full of tiny seeds and is often eaten dried.
variable noun: A fig or a fig tree is a tree on which figs grow.

fig in American English 1
the hollow, pear-shaped false fruit (syconium) of the fig tree, with sweet, pulpy flesh containing numerous tiny, seedlike true fruits (achenes)
noun: any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, esp. a small tree, F. carica, native to southwestern Asia, bearing a turbinate or pear-shaped fruit that is eaten fresh, preserved, or dried

fig in American English 2
to dress showily
noun: dress or array

fig in American English 3
figurative

fig in British English 1
noun: any moraceous tree or shrub of the tropical and subtropical genus Ficus, in which the flowers are borne inside a pear-shaped receptacle

fig in British English 2
noun: dress, appearance, or array (esp in the phrase in full fig)
verb: to dress (up) or rig (out)

fig.
In books and magazines, fig. is used as an abbreviation for figure in order to tell the reader which picture or diagram is being referred to.

fig. in American English
abbreviation: figurative

fig. in British English
abbreviation for: figurative(ly)