Egg
31egg — egg1 [ eg ] noun *** 1. ) count 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… …
32Egg SZ — SZ ist das Kürzel für den Kanton Schwyz in der Schweiz und wird verwendet, um Verwechslungen mit anderen Einträgen des Namens Eggf zu vermeiden. Name des Ortes …
33egg — {{11}}egg (n.) mid 14c., from northern England dialect, from O.N. egg, which vied with M.E. eye, eai (from O.E. æg) until finally displacing it after 1500; both are from P.Gmc. *ajja(m) (Cf. O.S., M.Du., Du., O.H.G., Ger. ei, Goth. ada), probably …
34egg — English has two distinct words egg, but surprisingly the noun, in the form in which we now have it, has not been in the language as long as the verb. Egg ‘reproductive body’ [14] was borrowed from Old Norse egg. Old English had a related word, ǣg …
35egg — 1 /eg/ noun 1 BIRDS (C) a round object with a hard surface, that contains a baby bird, snake, insect etc and which is made by a female bird, snake, or insect: Blackbirds usually lay their eggs in March. | an ostrich egg 2 FOOD (C, U) an egg,… …
36egg — English has two distinct words egg, but surprisingly the noun, in the form in which we now have it, has not been in the language as long as the verb. Egg ‘reproductive body’ [14] was borrowed from Old Norse egg. Old English had a related word, ǣg …
37egg — Hua, hua moa (chicken); kalapaki (double yolked); huamakani (yolkless); hua alu alu (with a very soft shell). See yolk. ♦ Hard boiled egg, hua mo a loa. ♦ Soft boiled egg, hua mo a hapa. ♦ Scrambled egg, kai hua, hua pākā. ♦ Fried …
38egg*/*/*/ — [eg] noun I 1) [C] the round object with a shell that a baby bird develops in The chicken had laid an egg.[/ex] 2) [C/U] a HEN S egg used as food We had boiled eggs for breakfast.[/ex] an egg sandwich[/ex] 3) [C] a small object produced by a… …
39egg on — verb urge on; cause to act (Freq. 1) The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window • Syn: ↑prod, ↑incite • Derivationally related forms: ↑incitement (for: ↑ …
40egg — See: BAD EGG, GOOD EGG, KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG, LAY AN EGG, PUT ALL ONE S EGGS IN ONE BASKET, ROTTEN EGG …
