Definition of "egg" in Anglais

noun

1. An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.

2. Synonym of ovum (“the female gamete of an animal”); an egg cell.

3. (countable) A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).

4. Senses relating to people.

5. Something regarded as containing a (usually bad) thing at an early stage.

6. One of the blocks of data injected into a program's address space for use by certain forms of shellcode, such as "omelettes".

verb

1. To throw (especially rotten) eggs (noun sense 1.1.1) at (someone or something).

   • The angry demonstrators egged the riot police.
   • The students were caught egging the principal’s car as a prank.

2. To inadvertently or intentionally distort (the circular cross-section of something, such as tube) to an elliptical or oval shape.

   • After I cut the tubing, I found that I had slightly egged it in the vise.

3. To coat (a food ingredient) with or dip (a food ingredient) in beaten egg (noun sense 1.1.1) during the process of preparing a dish.

4. To collect the eggs (noun sense 1.1) of wild birds.

5. To conceive a child, especially recklessly.

   • I was out with my girlfriend in Birmingham, when some colorful local told us not to egg.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete except in egg on) To encourage, incite, or urge (someone).

   • She egged me to borrow the money, an' she helped me to clear the loan,