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Dictionary definition · egg

noun

  1. 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
  2. oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
  3. one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens"she kicked him in the balls and got away"

verb

  1. throw eggs at
  2. coat with beaten egg"egg a schnitzel"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).