Makes an entry a footnote about fruit (7)
I believe the answer is:
appears
'makes' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to bodily activities as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'an entry a footnote about fruit' is the wordplay.
'entry' suggests taking the first letters.
'a footnote' becomes 'ps'.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fruit' becomes 'pear' (pear is a kind of fruit).
The first letter of 'an' is 'a'.
'ps' placed around 'pear' is 'ppears'.
'a'+'ppears'='APPEARS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for appears that I've seen before include "Seems" , "Comes into view" , "Comes into sight" , "Materialises" , "Becomes visible" .)