'EGG' definitions:
Definition of 'egg'
(from WordNet)
noun
Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
noun
Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food [syn: egg, eggs]
noun
One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" [syn: testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg]
verb
Throw eggs at
verb
Coat with beaten egg; "egg a schnitzel"
Definition of 'Egg'
From: GCIDE
- Egg \Egg\ ([e^]g), n. [OE., fr. Icel. egg; akin to AS. [ae]g (whence OE. ey), Sw. [aum]gg, Dan. [ae]g, G. & D. ei, and prob. to OSlav. aje, jaje, L. ovum, Gr. 'w,o`n, Ir. ugh, Gael. ubh, and perh. to L. avis bird. Cf. Oval.]
- 1. (Popularly) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Biol.) A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Anything resembling an egg in form. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Egg is used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, egg beater or egg-beater, egg case, egg ladle, egg-shaped, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Egg and anchor (Arch.), see egg-and-dart in the vocabulary, below; -- called also egg and dart, and {egg and tongue}. See Anchor, n., 5. --Ogilvie.
- Egg cleavage (Biol.), a process of cleavage or segmentation, by which the egg undergoes endogenous division with formation of a mass of nearly similar cells, from the growth and differentiation of which the new organism is ultimately formed. See {Segmentation of the ovum}, under Segmentation.
- Egg development (Biol.), the process of the development of an egg, by which the embryo is formed.
- Egg mite (Zo["o]l.), any mite which devours the eggs of insects, as Nothrus ovivorus, which destroys those of the canker worm.
- Egg parasite (Zo["o]l.), any small hymenopterous insect, which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other insects. Many genera and species are known. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Egg'
From: GCIDE
- Egg \Egg\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Egged; p. pr. & vb. n. Egging.] [OE. eggen, Icel. eggja, fr. egg edge. ??. See Edge.] To urge on; to instigate; to incite? [1913 Webster]
- Adam and Eve he egged to ill. --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
- [She] did egg him on to tell How fair she was. --Warner. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'egg'
From: GCIDE
- Gamete \Gam"ete\ (g[a^]m"[=e]t; g[.a]*m[=e]t"; the latter usually in compounds), n. [Gr. gameth` wife, or game`ths husband, fr. gamei^n to marry.] (Biol.) A sexual cell or germ cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes; a conjugating cell which unites with another of like or unlike character to form a new individual. In Bot., gamete designates esp. the similar sex cells of the lower thallophytes which unite by conjugation, forming a zygospore. The gametes of higher plants are of two sorts, sperm (male) and egg (female); their union is called fertilization, and the resulting zygote an oospore. In Zool., gamete is most commonly used of the sexual cells of certain Protozoa, though also extended to the germ cells of higher forms. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'egg'
From: Easton
- Egg (Heb. beytsah, "whiteness"). Eggs deserted (Isa. 10:14), of a bird (Deut. 22:6), an ostrich (Job 39:14), the cockatrice (Isa. 59:5). In Luke 11:12, an egg is contrasted with a scorpion, which is said to be very like an egg in its appearance, so much so as to be with difficulty at times distinguished from it. In Job 6:6 ("the white of an egg") the word for egg (hallamuth') occurs nowhere else. It has been translated "purslain" (R.V. marg.), and the whole phrase "purslain-broth", i.e., broth made of that herb, proverbial for its insipidity; and hence an insipid discourse. Job applies this expression to the speech of Eliphaz as being insipid and dull. But the common rendering, "the white of an egg", may be satisfactorily maintained.
Synonyms of 'egg'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- albumen,
- Anlage,
- boiled eggs,
- bud,
- caviar,
- coddled eggs,
- deviled eggs,
- dropped eggs,
- egg cell,
- egg white,
- eggs,
- eggshell,
- embryo,
- female gamete,
- fish eggs,
- fried eggs,
- germ,
- germen,
- glair,
- loins,
- nucleus,
- omelet,
- ooecium,
- ovicell,
- ovule,
- ovum,
- poached eggs,
- roe,
- rudiment,
- scrambled eggs,
- seed,
- shirred eggs,
- souffle,
- spawn,
- spermatozoon,
- stirp,
- stuffed eggs,
- vitellus,
- white,
- yellow,
- yolk
Acronyms for 'egg'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Elektronischer Geschaeftsverkehr-Gesetz Germany
Words containing 'EGG'
- egg on,
- eggs,
- Butter and eggs,
- Easter egg,
- Egg Harbor,
- Egg and anchor,
- Egg clavage,
- Egg cleavage,
- Egg development,
- Egg mite,
- Egg parasite,
- Egg squash,
- Game egg,
- Goose egg,
- Gripe's egg,
- Paas egg,
- Pasch egg,
- Scrabbed eggs,
- Scrambled eggs,
- Sea egg,
- Skate's egg,
- Warty egg,
- White of egg,
- Wind egg,
- Winter egg,
- bacon and eggs,
- bad egg,
- baked egg,
- boiled egg,
- candy egg,
- chocolate egg,
- cock's eggs,
- coddled egg,
- deviled egg,
- dropped egg,
- duck egg,
- duck's egg,
- egg and dart,
- egg and tongue,
- egg beater,
- egg cell,
- egg cream,
- egg cup,
- egg laying,
- egg nog,
- egg noodle,
- egg roll,
- egg timer,
- egg white,
- egg yolk,
- eggs benedict,
- fertilized egg,
- fried egg,
- garden egg,
- good egg,
- ham and eggs,
- jelly egg,
- nest egg,
- poached egg,
- scotch egg,
- shirred egg,
- stuffed egg,
- Egg Harbor City,
- Egg Harbor, WI,
- Egg-bird,
- Egg-cup,
- Egg-glass,
- butter-and-eggs,
- cock's-eggs,
- egg en cocotte,
- egg foo yong,
- egg fu yung,
- egg-and-anchor,
- egg-and-dart,
- egg-and-tongue,
- egg-beater,
- egg-filled,
- egg-plant,
- egg-producing,
- egg-shaped,
- Egg Harbor City, NJ,
- egg-laying mammal,
- hard-boiled egg,
- hard-cooked egg