egg
/ɛɡ/ verbo C2En español: lanzar huevos a, tirar huevos a
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- To collect the eggs (noun sense 1.1) of wild birds.
He/she/it eggs · Pasado egged · Participio pasado egged · Forma en -ing egging
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- egg
- He/she/it
- eggs
- Pasado
- egged
- Participio pasado
- egged
- Forma en -ing
- egging
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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I suppose you’ll be telling me next that you never tasted an egg!”
A COTTAGER and his wife had a Hen that laid a golden egg every day.
A WOMAN possessed a Hen that gave her an egg every day.
From that day the Hen became fat and sleek, and never once laid another egg.
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