countable the round object with a shell that a female bird produces and a baby bird develops in. The mother bird lays an egg, and later the egg hatches and the baby bird comes out
a hen’s/pigeon’s/sparrow’s egg
an ostrich egg
Synonyms and related words
Eggs and laying eggs
broody
clutch
egg
1a
countable/uncountable a chicken’s egg used as food
We had scrambledeggs for breakfast.
an egg sandwich
Synonyms and related words
Prepared dishes
bake
barbecue
bobotie
2
countable a small object produced by a female insect, frog, snake etc, that a young animal comes out of
Synonyms and related words
Eggs and laying eggs
broody
clutch
egg
3
countable biologya cell produced inside a woman or female animal that develops into a baby if it is fertilized by a sperm (=a male cell)
Synonyms and related words
Pregnancy and having a baby
abort
the afterbirth
amniocentesis
phrases
someone can’t even boil an egg
a good egg
have/get egg on your face
lay an egg
put all your eggs in one basket
egg
noun
US /eɡ/
Other entries for this word
eggverb
egg rollnoun
ice eggnoun
nest eggnoun
cloud eggnoun
egg timernoun
egg whitenoun
Easter eggnoun
Scotch eggnoun
curate’s eggnoun
a good eggphrase
lay an eggphrase
chicken-and-eggadjective
have/get egg on your facephrase
someone can’t even boil an eggphrase
egg stonenoun at oolite
Word Forms
singular
egg
plural
eggs
DEFINITIONS3
1
countable the round object with a shell that a female bird produces and a baby bird develops in. The mother bird lays an egg, and later the egg hatches and the baby bird comes out
a hen’s/pigeon’s/sparrow’s egg
an ostrich egg
Synonyms and related words
Eggs and laying eggs
broody
clutch
egg
1a
countable/uncountable a chicken’s egg used as food
We had scrambledeggs for breakfast.
an egg saladsandwich
Synonyms and related words
Prepared dishes
barbecue
bobotie
bunny chow
2
countable a small object produced by a female insect, frog, snake, etc., that a young animal comes out of
Synonyms and related words
Eggs and laying eggs
broody
clutch
egg
3
countable biologya cell produced inside a woman or female animal that develops into a baby if it is fertilized by a sperm (=a male cell)
Synonyms and related words
Pregnancy and having a baby
abort
the afterbirth
amniocentesis
phrases
someone can’t even boil an egg
a good egg
have/get egg on your face
lay an egg
put all your eggs in one basket
egg
verb
UK /eɡ/
Other entries for this word
eggnoun
egg cupnoun
ice eggnoun
nest eggnoun
cloud eggnoun
egg timernoun
egg whitenoun
Easter eggnoun
garden eggnoun
Scotch eggnoun
curate’s eggnoun
a good eggphrase
lay an eggphrase
chicken-and-eggadjective
have/get egg on your facephrase
someone can’t even boil an eggphrase
egg stonenoun at oolite
laysanegg at egg
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
egg
he/she/it
eggs
present participle
egging
past tense
egged
past participle
egged
DEFINITIONS1
1
to throw eggs at
When he refused to give them a treat they egged his house.
Submitted from: United Kingdom on 11/08/2017
phrasal verb
egg on
transitive
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
egg on
he/she/it
eggs on
present participle
egging on
past tense
egged on
past participle
egged on
1
to encourage someone to do something that they should not do
He’d never have stolen it if she hadn’t egged him on.
Synonyms and related words
To encourage someone to do or to not do something
encourage
persuade
convince
egg
verb
US /eɡ/
Other entries for this word
eggnoun
egg rollnoun
ice eggnoun
nest eggnoun
cloud eggnoun
egg timernoun
egg whitenoun
Easter eggnoun
Scotch eggnoun
curate’s eggnoun
a good eggphrase
lay an eggphrase
chicken-and-eggadjective
have/get egg on your facephrase
someone can’t even boil an eggphrase
egg stonenoun at oolite
laysanegg at egg
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
egg
he/she/it
eggs
present participle
egging
past tense
egged
past participle
egged
DEFINITIONS1
1
to throw eggs at
When he refused to give them a treat they egged his house.
Submitted from: United Kingdom on 11/08/2017
phrasal verb
egg on
transitive
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
egg on
he/she/it
eggs on
present participle
egging on
past tense
egged on
past participle
egged on
1
to encourage someone to do something that they should not do