egg

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Pronunciation[change]

Noun[change]

Singular
egg

Plural
eggs

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.

Verb[change]

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.

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