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单词 veg
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vegn.2adj.2

Brit. /vɛdʒ/, U.S. /vɛdʒ/
Forms: 1800s– veg, 1800s– veg. (with point).
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: vegetarian n.; vegetarian adj.
Etymology: As noun, shortened < vegetarian n. (probably originally as a graphic abbreviation). As adjective, shortened < vegetarian adj. (probably originally as a graphic abbreviation). Compare earlier veg n.1 Compare also veggie n.2
A. n.2
A vegetarian.In quot. 1898: a vegetarian restaurant.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > following specific diet > [noun] > vegetarianism or veganism > vegetarian or vegan
Pythagorean1819
Grahamite1834
vegetarian1842
pythagorizer1875
veg1884
fruitarian1893
nutarian1909
nut-fooder1917
lacto-ovo-vegetarian1940
vegan1944
veggie1955
1884 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 39 167/1 I enjoy my food far more since I became a veg.
1898 A. Bennett Man From North xi. 95 You know Miss Roberts at the veg—red-haired tart.
1992 Acta Victoriana Feb. 5/1 Everyone is a tofu-sucking veg these days.
2008 Ask Cosmogirl 60 Being a veg means thinking ahead so you can eat right each day.
B. adj.2
= vegetarian adj. (in various senses).
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > following specific diet > [adjective] > vegetarian or vegan
Pythagorical1570
Pythagorean1651
vegetable1812
vegetarian1847
vegetizing1857
vegetant1858
veg1884
lacto-ovo-vegetarian1940
veggie1942
vegan1944
1884 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 39 167/1 There is such an endless variety in a veg. diet that I really believe it would be possible to go for 6 months without having the same dish twice.
1897 Food, Home & Garden July 129/2 (heading) The synopsis of the veg. system.
1973 Observer 18 Feb. 44/2 Miss Grainer, who runs a veg restaurant in Covent Garden called Food for Thought.
1989 Vegetarian Times Aug. 50/2 Sunday brunch features scrambled tofu, veg sausage, hash browns, spinach lasagna, [etc.].
2006 K. Iacobbo & M. Iacobbo Vegetarians & Vegans in Amer. Today 46 We have definitely had guests who while not veg or vegan expressed great interest in trying our recipes at home.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

vegadj.1n.1

Brit. /vɛdʒ/, U.S. /vɛdʒ/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, veges.
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: vegetable adj.; vegetable n.
Etymology: Partly (as adjective) shortened < vegetable adj., and partly (as noun) shortened < vegetable n. (probably originally as a graphic abbreviation). Compare veggie n.1
colloquial (chiefly British).
A. adj.1
= vegetable adj. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > [adjective]
vegetablea1500
vegetive1526
vegetant?1553
plantlike1567
vegetable1582
vegetal1596
plantal1642
vegetative1662
veg1765
vegetably1834
phytoid1853
phytiform1890
1765 Crit. Rev. Oct. 284 The vitriolic acid, with a fixed vegetable alkali, forms vitriolic tartar... A vegetable acid, with a fixed veg. alkali, regenerated tartar.
1795 J. E. Smith Syllabus Lect. Bot. 48 Nobles of the veg. kingdom.
B. n.1
A vegetable; a plant grown for or used as food. Frequently in plural. Cf. veggie n.1
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the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > food plant or vegetable > [noun]
victualc1374
fruita1400
vegetive1678
legume1687
vegetable1727
veg1844
veggie1907
weggebobble1922
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > [noun]
garden stuff1599
legume1653
kitchen-tillage1669
vegetive1678
olitory1696
vegetable food1700
kitchen stuffc1710
vegetable1727
veg1844
veggie1907
weggebobble1922
1844 J. Dunkin Hist. & Antiq. Dartford App. 435 Meat Pudding with Veg.
1898 Food, Home & Garden Feb. 27 (heading) Fresh gathered fruit & veg.
1918 G. Frankau One of Them xxviii. 219 Clerk of the Court, begone to veg. and joint!
1940 P. G. Wodehouse Quick Service ii. 21 Have a custard apple? It's on the house. The fruit and veg. department has just given of its plenty.
1960 A. Wesker I'm talking about Jerusalem i. 26 Good garden here. Grow your own veges.
1984 Economist 3 Nov. 18/1 Treasury officials paying for their meat and two veg are rightly suspicious.
2008 BBC Good Food Sept. 45/1 Crudités of colourful veg with strips of pitta bread and a mini portion of houmous.

Compounds

veg box n. chiefly British = vegetable box n. (b) at vegetable n. Compounds 2; frequently attributive in veg-box scheme.
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1995 Living Earth Summer 9/1 Vegeboxes—weekly deliveries of fresh organic produce—have proved so popular that the Soil Association estimates 30% of organic growers are selling their vegetables this way.]
1996 Living Earth Winter 7/4 ‘We owe a lot to the supermarkets,’ says grower Jan Deane, pioneer of veg-box distribution schemes.
1999 Guardian 15 Oct. (Seeds of Change Suppl.) 3/1 She and her husband have a veg box delivered once a fortnight, because she is ‘watching her purse.’
2004 BBC Good Food Oct. 168/2 We joined an organic veg-box scheme a couple of months ago.
2009 G. Miller & K. Reeve Rough Guide Food iv. 241 I had been put off by the veg box I had in the 1990s—the mass of curly kale and potatoes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

vegv.

Brit. /vɛdʒ/, U.S. /vɛdʒ/
Inflections: Past tense and past participle vegged.
Forms: 1900s– vedge, 1900s– veg, 1900s– vege.
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: vegetate v.
Etymology: Shortened < vegetate v., after veg n.1
slang (originally North American).
intransitive. To disengage mentally; to do nothing as a way of relaxing, to pass the time in (mindless) inactivity, esp. by watching television. Frequently with out. Cf. vegetate v. 6a.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > be listless or lethargic [verb (intransitive)]
slumberc1380
dream1548
vegetate1740
moon1763
stagnate1774
maunder1775
Dianize1834
veg1979
1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Mar. (Fanfare section) 6/4 There's not the same flavor there used to be to travelling... People just go to veg out, not to find out.
1986 G. Wolff Providence iv. 29 The dog just vegged, head between its paws.
1991 Ottawa Citizen 14 Dec. 56/1 We tend to turn on the set, aim the remote, then veg.
2000 ‘J. Churchill’ Mulch Ado about Nothing xxv. 191 I want to put on my jammies and veg out in front of my new television.
2010 Time Out N.Y. 8 Apr. 136/4 What do you watch when you want to veg out? Seinfeld, SpongeBob SquarePants and the Simpsons.

Derivatives

vegged adj. rare = vegged-out adj.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective]
unlustyc1225
sleepyc1384
phlegmatica1400
listlessc1440
owlist1440
unlisty1440
phlegmyc1450
sweyntc1450
supine1554
resty1565
unactive1591
sleepy-headed1600
log-like1602
inertious1611
stupefied?1611
lethargic1612
sedentary1625
torpent1647
torpid1656
torpulent1657
softly1664
inert1774
vegetative1789
spiritless1798
unenergetic1805
sloomy1820
slow-going1825
inenergetic1826
comatose1828
moony1847
mooning1864
torpid-minded1909
narcoleptic1965
vegged1986
1986 Life Mar. 46/2 Jeff Abrams..uses the word ‘vegged’ to describe when ‘you're sitting on your couch, your house catches on fire, and you sit there and say, “Wow”.’
1991 M. Cormany Polaroid Man 71 So I spent Tuesday vegged on the couch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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