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Meaning of egg in English
Pronunciation
/ɛɡ/
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Verb
egg
Etymology
Middle English: from Old Norse eggja‘incite’
Definitions
1.
throw eggs at
2.
coat with beaten egg
Examples
« egg a schnitzel »
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 »