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  • 21lay — I. /leɪ / (say lay) verb (laid, laying) –verb (t) 1. to put or place in a position of rest or recumbency: to lay a book on a desk. 2. to bring, throw, or beat down, as from an erect position: to lay a person low. 3. to cause to subside: to lay… …

  • 22egg — 1 /eg/ noun 1 BIRDS (C) a round object with a hard surface, that contains a baby bird, snake, insect etc and which is made by a female bird, snake, or insect: Blackbirds usually lay their eggs in March. | an ostrich egg 2 FOOD (C, U) an egg,… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23egg —   Hua, hua moa (chicken); kalapaki (double yolked); huamakani (yolkless); hua alu alu (with a very soft shell).   See yolk.    ♦ Hard boiled egg, hua mo a loa.    ♦ Soft boiled egg, hua mo a hapa.    ♦ Scrambled egg, kai hua, hua pākā.    ♦ Fried …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 24egg — egg1 eggless, adj. eggy, adj. /eg/, n. 1. the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to… …

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  • 25egg — I UK [eɡ] / US noun Word forms egg : singular egg plural eggs *** 1) a) [countable] the round object with a shell that a female bird produces and a baby bird develops in. The mother bird lays an egg, and later the egg hatches and the baby bird… …

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  • 26egg — I [[t]ɛg[/t]] n. 1) dvl the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species 2) dvl… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 27egg — egg1 [ eg ] noun *** 1. ) count the round object with a shell that a female bird produces and a baby bird develops in. The mother bird lays an egg, and later the egg hatches and the baby bird comes out: a hen s/pigeon s/sparrow s egg an ostrich… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 28lay — {{11}}lay (adj.) uneducated; non clerical, early 14c., from O.Fr. lai secular, not of the clergy (Mod.Fr. laïque), from L.L. laicus, from Gk. laikos of the people, from laos people, of unknown origin. In M.E., contrasted with learned, a sense… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 29egg — See: BAD EGG, GOOD EGG, KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG, LAY AN EGG, PUT ALL ONE S EGGS IN ONE BASKET, ROTTEN EGG …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 30egg — See: BAD EGG, GOOD EGG, KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG, LAY AN EGG, PUT ALL ONE S EGGS IN ONE BASKET, ROTTEN EGG …

    Dictionary of American idioms