Meaning of egg in English

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Verb
egg
Etymology
Middle English: from Old Norse eggja‘incite’
Definitions
1. throw eggs at
Derived terms
- eggs
2. coat with beaten egg
Examples
- « egg a schnitzel »
Derived terms
- eggs
Noun
egg
Etymology
Middle English (superseding earlier ey, from Old Englishǣg): from Old Norse
Definitions
1. animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes
Examples
- « especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds »
2. oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
3. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
Examples
- « she kicked him in the balls and got away »

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