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An egg is the shell covered, roundish object that's laid by birds and reptiles, which usually has an embryo inside. When an egg hatches, a baby chick, snake, or lizard comes out.

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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.

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
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"

Noun
oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

Verb
coat with beaten egg; "egg a schnitzel"

Verb
throw eggs at

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n.
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.

n.
A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.

n.
Anything resembling an egg in form.

v. t.
To urge on; to instigate; to incite/


Egg

Egg , n. [OE., fr. Icel. egg; akin to AS. '91g (whence OE. ey), Sw. '84gg, Dan. '91g, G. & D. ei, and prob. to OSlav. aje, jaje, L. ovum, Gr. , 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. 2. (Biol.) A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell. 3. Anything resembling an egg in form. &hand; 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. Egg and anchor (Arch.), an egg-shaped ornament, alternating with another in the form of a dart, used to enrich the ovolo; -- 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'94l.), any mite which devours the eggs of insects, as Nothrus ovivorus, which destroys those of the canker worm. -- Egg parasite (Zo'94l.), any small hymenopterous insect, which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other insects. Many genera and species are known.

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
Adam and Eve he egged to ill.
[She] did egg him on to tell How fair she was.

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.

To urge on; to instigate; to incite

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Usage Examples

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.

When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a real cake. I'd had those cakes from cake mixes or the ones that have a lot of baking powder in them. A really good French cake doesn't have anything like that in it - it's all egg power.

I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they got egg on their face a year or two later.

If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics.

I need to eat before a workout. If I exercise in the morning, I'll have a little oatmeal, cereal, or a hard-boiled egg with toast. If I go in the afternoon, I'll eat a turkey sandwich with cheese for lunch.

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

Patriotism is a kind of religion it is the egg from which wars are hatched.

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