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UK
/ˈɛɡ/
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[ US /ˈɛɡ/ ]
[ US /ˈɛɡ/ ]
VERB
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coat with beaten egg
egg a schnitzel - throw eggs at
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
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one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
she kicked him in the balls and got away - oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
How To Use egg In A Sentence
- He was a cute little beggar, looked like you as well.
- I bought a dozen eggs and every one of them was bad.
- Fertilization therefore results in an egg carrying a nucleus with contributions from both parents, and it was concluded that the cell nucleus must contain the physical basis of heredity.
- Whisk the egg in a bowl and heat a little oil in a nonstick pan. Times, Sunday Times
- A few nights ago, after viewing one of these, I was quaffing beer in Bombay Peggy's and learned that every one of the four women at the table happened to live on the other side of a river, either the Yukon or the Klondike.
- We had engaged a very nice mare and stanhope, which we knew we could depend upon, when, the day before the race, the chestnut was declared lame, and not a presentable four-legged animal was to be hired in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846
- Days later, Gregg was gunned down near Belfast docks as he returned from a Glasgow Rangers football match.
- Dr. Orkborne, much incommoded by this second interruption, coldly begged to know his pleasure. Camilla
- Take the white of one egg, and measure just as much cold water; mix the two well, and stir stiff with confectioners 'sugar; add a little flavoring, vanilla, or almond, or pistache, and, for some candies, color with a tiny speck of fruit paste. A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl
- Even Peggy Noonan on MTP struggled this morning to describe as benignly as possible how McCain is noticeably putting a lot of energy into keeping a lid on his anger. Obama Unleashes Wave Of Mailers Attacking McCain's Health Plan