Définition "egg" dans le dictionnaire Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus

egg (eggs plural & 3rd person present) (egging present participle) (egged past tense & past participle )

1 n-count An egg is an oval object that is produced by a female bird and which contains a baby bird. Other animals such as reptiles and fish also lay eggs.
...a baby bird hatching from its egg.

2 n-var In Western countries, eggs often means hen's eggs, eaten as food.
Break the eggs into a shallow bowl and beat them lightly.

3 n-count Egg is used to refer to an object in the shape of a hen's egg.
...a chocolate egg.

4 n-count An egg is a cell that is produced in the bodies of female animals and humans. If it is fertilized by a sperm, a baby develops from it.
It only takes one sperm to fertilize an egg.

5
→ Easter egg
→ nest egg
→ Scotch egg

6 If someone puts all their eggs in one basket, they put all their effort or resources into doing one thing so that, if it fails, they have no alternatives left.
♦ put all your eggs in one basket phrase
The key word here is diversify; don't put all your eggs in one basket.

7 If someone has egg on their face or has egg all over their face, they have been made to look foolish.
♦ have egg on one's face/ have egg all over one's face phrase
If they take this game lightly they could end up with egg on their faces.

8
→ a chicken and egg situation
→ chicken egg on phrasal verb If you egg a person on, you encourage them to do something, especially something dangerous or foolish.
He was lifting up handfuls of leaves and throwing them at her. She was laughing and egging him on... V n P