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Meaning of egg in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ɛɡ/

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  1. Verb

    egg

    Etymology

    Middle English: from Old Norse eggja‘incite’

    Definitions

    1. throw eggs at
  2. 2. coat with beaten egg

    Examples

    • « egg a schnitzel »
  3. 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 »
  4. 2. oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
  5. 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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