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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
egg
egg [egg eggs egged egging] noun, verb BrE [eɡ] NAmE [eɡ]
noun 
1. countable a small ↑oval object with a thin hard shell produced by a female bird and containing a young bird; a similar object produced by a female fish, insect, etc
• The female sits on the eggs until they hatch.
• The fish lay thousands of eggs at one time.
•crocodile eggs
2. countable, uncountable a bird's egg, especially one from a chicken, that is eaten as food
•a boiled egg
•bacon and eggs
•fried/poached/scrambled eggs
• Bind the mixture together with a little beaten egg.
• You've got some egg on your shirt.
•egg yolks/whites
•egg noodles
•ducks'/quails' eggs
•a chocolate egg (= made from chocolate in the shape of an egg)
see also ↑Easter egg, ↑Scotch egg
3. countable (in women and female animals)a cell that combines with a ↑sperm to create a baby or young animal
Syn: ↑ovum
• The male sperm fertilizes the female egg.
•an egg donor
see also ↑nest egg
more at a chicken-and-egg situation, problem, etc. at ↑chicken n., the curate's egg at ↑curate, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs at ↑kill v., you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs at ↑omelette, sure as eggs is eggs at ↑sure adv., teach your grandmother to suck eggs at ↑teach
Word Origin:
n. Middle English ey Old English ǣg Old Norse v. Middle English Old Norse eggja ‘incite’
Collocations:
The living world
Animals
animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on sth)
fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)
birds fly/migrate/nest/sing
insects crawl/fly/bite/sting
insects/bees/locusts swarm
bees collect/gather nectar/pollen
spiders spin/weave a web
snakes/lizards shed their skins
bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate
insect larvae grow/develop/pupate
an egg/a chick/a larva hatches
attract/find/choose a mate
produce/release eggs/sperm
lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs
inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast
mark/enter/defend (a) territory
stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey
Plants and fungi
trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower
a seed germinates/sprouts
leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form
flower buds swell/open
a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes sth
pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant
produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores
produce/bear fruit
develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves
provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients
perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis
Bacteria and viruses
bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply
bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on sth
bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize sth/cause disease
bacteria break sth down/convert sth (into sth)
a virus enters/invades sth/the body
a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself)
be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria
contain/carry/harbour (especially US) harbor bacteria/a virus
kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria
Example Bank:
•Brush the pastry with a little beaten egg.
•Crack two eggs into the mixture.
•Many reptiles bury their eggs.
•Many women conceive through the use of a donor egg.
•Only one sperm fertilizes an egg.
•Separate the eggs, putting the whites to one side.
•She lays a clutch of four eggs on average.
•The males stay and guard the eggs.
•We're just decorating eggs for the egg hunt.
•a breakfast of bacon and eggs
Idioms: ↑good egg ▪ ↑have egg on over your face ▪ ↑put all your eggs in one basket
Derived: ↑egg somebody on
verb
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
n. Middle English ey Old English ǣg Old Norse v. Middle English Old Norse eggja ‘incite’
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