egg

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 egg

a ) count or uncount a hen's egg used as food:

We had scrambled eggs for breakfast.

an egg salad sandwich

2. ) count a small object produced by a female insect, FROG, snake, etc., that a young animal comes out of

3. ) count a cell produced inside a woman or female animal that develops into a baby if it is FERTILIZED by a SPERM (=a male cell)

someone can't even boil an egg HUMOROUS

used for saying that someone cannot cook even the simplest food

a good egg INFORMAL OLD-FASHIONED

a good or reliable person

have/get egg on your face INFORMAL

to be embarrassed or appear stupid because something you tried to do has gone wrong

lay an egg INFORMAL

to fail completely in what you are trying to do

put all your eggs in one basket

to depend completely on just one idea, plan, or person so that you have no other possibilities if things go wrong

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egg

egg 2 [ eg ] verb

,egg `on phrasal verb transitive

to encourage someone to do something they should not do