egg

1 پزشکی:: تخمک

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2 عمومی:: تخم‌مرغ‌، تحریك‌ كردن‌، تخم‌

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3 ورزش و تربیت بدنی:: تخم ماهی, تخم ماهی

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1 general:: noun ovum: Chickens lay about 1 egg a day.

Simple Definitions

2 general:: egg sb on [ M ] to strongly encourage someone to do something which might not be a very good idea • Don't egg him on! He gets himself into enough trouble without your encouragement.

Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs

3 general:: In addition to the idioms beginning with EGG, Also see BAD EGG; GOOD EGG; GOOSE EGG; KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAYS THE GOLDEN EGGS; LAY AN EGG; PUT ALL ONE'S EGGS IN ONE BASKET; WALK ON EGGS.

American Heritage Idioms

4 general::   noun of birds/as food ADJ. fresh | addled, bad, rotten | free-range, organic | chicken, duck, hen's, quail's, etc. | chocolate, Easter | boiled, fried, hard-boiled, poached, scrambled, soft-boiled | Scotch QUANT. clutch She lays a clutch of four eggs on average. | box VERB + EGG lay, produce | hatch | incubate | emerge from, hatch from | boil, cook, fry, poach, scramble | break, crack Crack two eggs into the mixture. | separate Separate the eggs, putting the whites to one side. | beat, whisk | brush sth with, glaze sth with Brush the pastry with a little beaten egg. EGG + VERB hatch | break, crack EGG + NOUN shell (also eggshell) | white, yolk | box | mayonnaise, noodles, pasta, sandwich PHRASES the white/yolk of an eggFOOD cell from which a new young creature is formed ADJ. fertilized | unfertilized VERB + EGG fertilize Only one sperm fertilizes an egg. EGG + NOUN donor PHRASES the nucleus of an egg

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