egg

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Contents 1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 3 Verb 4 Related words

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• IPA: /ɛg/
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[change] Noun

Singular egg

Plural eggs

1. (countable & uncountable) An egg is a common food that is ball-shaped and can have a baby animal inside, such as a chicken, a fish, a snake, etc.

   I had a boiled egg for breakfast

2. (countable) An egg is a cell in the female's body that can become a baby when it is joined by a male cell.

[change] Verb

Plain form egg

Third-person singular eggs

Past tense egged

Past participle egged

Present participle egging

1. To throw eggs at something.

   On Halloween, naughty children egg houses.

[change] Related words

• egg on