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Definition: Eggs |
EggsNoun1. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "eggs" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of finding a nest of eggs, denotes wealth of a substantial character, happiness among the married and many children. This dream signifies many and varied love affairs to women. To eat eggs, denotes that unusual disturbances threaten you in your home. To see broken eggs and they are fresh, fortune is ready to shower upon you her richest gifts. A lofty spirit and high regard for justice will make you beloved by the world. To dream of rotten eggs, denotes loss of property and degradation. To see a crate of eggs, denotes that you will engage in profitable speculations. To dream of being spattered with eggs, denotes that you will sport riches of doubtful origin. To see bird eggs, signifies legacies from distant relations, or gain from an unexpected rise in staple products. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Multilingual Slang | Spanish (huevos). (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Domestic Chicken Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae Genus: Gallus Species Gallus gallus
Gallus lafayetii
Gallus sonneratii
Gallus varius
Reference: 176085
as of 2002-08-17A chicken is a type of domesticated bird which is usually raised as a type of poultry. It is believed to be descended from the wild Asian Red Junglefowl, Gallus gallus.
Baby chickens (chicks)
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Alternate imageMale chickens, known as cockerels (if younger than one year old) or roosters, are common symbols of masculinity, and their natural inclination to fight has been exploited in staged cockfights, sometimes with a metal spike added to or replacing the natural spurs. Most countries have banned cockfighting.
Chicken can be prepared as food in a number of ways. Common traditional European/North-American methods include roasting, baking, and frying. Their eggs are also eaten.
Related Topics
- List of chicken breeds
Famous Chickens
- Mike The Headless Chicken
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An egg is either:
Reptile eggs, bird eggs, and mammalian monotreme eggs are surrounded by a protective shell, either flexible or inflexible.
- an ovum, the female, larger of the two gametes, that fuse in sexual reproduction, or
- a body consisting of the resulting zygote, partly nutrient for the developing organism (the yolk), and partly a buffer to protect the zygote (the albumin or "egg-white").
Eggs in Cooking
Birds' eggs are commonly regarded as a food source by non-vegans. The most-used eggs are chicken, duck and goose, but smaller eggs such as quail eggs are occasionally used as a gourmet ingredient. Eggs are frequently used in both sweet and savoury dishes as a source of protein and/or to bind the other ingredients in a recipe together. Egg-yolks contain a small amount of fat and cholesterol, and people on a low-cholesterol diet may feel the need to cut down on egg consumption, though scientists are unsure of the merit of such a move. Egg-whites consist primarily of water (7/8th) and protein (1/8th) and contain no cholesterol or fat.
The primary cooking techniques for savoury eggs are:
As much has been said about the mode of preserving eggs, it may not be uninteresting to say a few words about the Chinese methods, as related by a French chemist, M. Paul Champion, who has lately visited that country, and published a very interesting book on the ancient and modern industries of that curious people. A very common method is to place the eggs in a mixture of clay and water; the clay hardens around the eggs, and is said to preserve them good for a considerable time. But another and much more elaborate method is also commonly practiced. An infusion of three pounds of tea is made in boiling water, and to this are added three pounds of quicklime (or seven pounds when the operation is performed in winter), nine pounds of sea-salt, and seven pounds of ashes of burnt oak finely powdered. This is all well mixed together into a smooth paste by means of a wooden spatula, and then each egg is covered with it by hand, gloves being worn to prevent the corrosive action of the lime on the hands. When the eggs are all covered with the mixture, they are rolled in a mass of straw ashes, and then placed in baskets with balls of rice -- boiled, we presume -- to keep the eggs from touching each other. About 100 to 150 eggs are placed in one basket. In about three months the whole becomes hardened into a crust, and then the eggs are sent to market; the retail price of such eggs is generally less than a penny each. These eggs are highly esteemed in China, and always served in good houses; but they have undergone a strange transformation, which certainly would not recommend them to English palates; the yolk has assumed a decidedly green tinge, and the white is set. When broken, they emit that unpleasant sulphurous smell which would certainly cause their instant banishment from our breakfast-tables. However, the Chinese are admitted, even by Frenchmen, to be great gourmets; and we can only say, therefore, that in questions of eating there is certainly no disputing about tastes.
- poaching
- boiling
- frying
- scrambling
- omelettes
- soufflé
Eggs as Decoration
- Fabergé eggs are much prized collectors' items. Carl Fabergé was the favourite jeweller of many European Royal houses, including the Romanovs of Russia.
- Easter eggs, also known as Pace eggs, are an ancient symbol of spring and the beginning of new life. They figure in egg hunts, egg rolling contests and egg-tapping.
- Egg decorating is a craft which has become much more popular in recent years.
Egg proverbs
Ovoid means egg-shaped. There is also Egg, Switzerland.
- Eggs in the pan give pancakes, but nevermore chicks.
- The egg pretends to be cleverer than the hen.
- Never a chicken comes from broken eggs.
- Eggs not yet laid are uncertain chickens.
- Old eggs, old lovers and an old horse, are either rotten or for the worse.
- Tread carefully among eggs.
- He who wants eggs must endure the clucking of the hen.
- One rotten egg spoils the pudding.
- He who has many eggs scatters many shells.
- Half an egg is worth more than all the shell.
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An ovum (or loosely, "egg" or "egg cell") is a female gamete. In higher animals, ova are produced by organs called ovaries.The word is derived from the Latin word (ovum, plur. ova) for egg.
See also
- sperm
- fertilisation
- pregnancy
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ovum."
Synonym: EggsSynonym: egg (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Difficulty | Grope in the dark, lose one's way, weave a tangled web, walk among eggs. |
Insolence | Out face, outlook, outstare, outbrazen, outbrave; stare out of countenance; brazen out; lay down the law; teach one's grandmother to suck eggs; assume a lofty bearing; talk big, look big; put on big looks, act the grand seigneur; mount the high horse, ride the high horse; toss the head, carry, with a high hand. |
Prodigality | Verb: be prodigal; Adjective: squander, lavish, sow broadcast; pour forth like water; blow, blow in; pay through the nose; (dear); spill, waste, dissipate, exhaust, drain, eat out of house and home, overdraw, outrun the constable; run out, run through; misspend; throw good money after bad, throw the helve after the hatchet; burn the candle at both ends; make ducks and drakes of one's money; fool away one's money, potter away one's money, muddle away one's money, fritter away one's money, throw away one's money, run through one's money; pour water into a sieve, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs; manger son ble en herbe. |
Rashness | Gaming, gambling; blind bargain, leap in the dark, leap of faith, fool's paradise; too many eggs in one basket. |
Redundancy | Send coals to Newcastle, carry coals to Newcastle, carry owls to Athens; teach one's grandmother to suck eggs; pisces natare docere;kill the slain, " gild refined gold", "gild the lily", butter one's bread on both sides, put butter upon bacon; employ a steam engine to crack a nut; (waste). |
Teaching | Preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs; preach to the converted. |
Unskillfulness | Not know what one is about, not know one's own interest, not know on which side one's bread is buttered; stand in one's own light, quarrel with one's bread and butter, throw a stone in one's own garden, kill the goose which lays the golden eggs, pay dear for one's whistle, cut one's own throat, bum one's fingers; knock one's head against a stone wall, beat one's head against a stone wall; fall into a trap, catch a Tartar, bring the house about one's ears; have too many eggs in one basket (imprudent), have too many irons in the fire. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Eggs |
| English words defined with "eggs": bacon and eggs ♦ ham and eggs ♦ Scrabbed eggs. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "eggs": juggling eggs ♦ Nuremberg Eggs ♦ Ostrich Eggs in Churches ♦ Pasch Eggs, Pasque Eggs. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "eggs": Pocket. (references) |
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Screenplays | If you close your eyes, it almost feels like you're eating runny eggs. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Englishman. Likes eggs, preferably Faberge, and dice, preferably loaded (Octopussy; writing credit: George MacDonald Fraser) I do not like green eggs and ham, I do not like them, Sam I Am. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) Lays eggs. Look, George, you need to take a cold, hard look at your stance on euthenasia (That's My Bush!; writing credit: Alon Kaplan) Cage-free farm-fresh eggs. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) | |
Lyrics | There goes cheese, eggs, milk and Post Toasties (Murder Murder (Remix) *; performing artist: Eminem) I got my eggs and my pancakes too (You Were Meant For Me; performing artist: Jewel) I be Yearning and burning for my mums eggs and bacon (Ain't No Place Like Home; performing artist: Prince) | |
Clever | Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket. (references; author: Mark Twain) No possible rearrangement of bad eggs can ever make a good omelette. (references; author: Chinese Proverb) A dancer goes quick on her beautiful legs; a duck goes quack on her beautiful eggs. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Wham and Eggs (1973) Eggs (1970) Strangled Eggs (1961) Getting Your Money's Worth in Eggs (1955) Eggs Don't Bounce (1944) | |
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Shown are two fried eggs on a plate with salsa. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). | (9) color slides show eggs cooked three different ways. (3) two cooked eggs (over easy?) with a salsa garnish, (1) two cooked eggs (over easy?) with a side serving of salsa, (1) two cooked eggs (over easy?) with a parsley garnish, (3) plate of scrambled eggs, (1) omelette with a strawberry garnish. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). | ||
![]() | Histopathology of bladder shows eggs of Schistosoma haematobium surrounded by intense infiltrates of eosinophils and other inflammatory cells. Parasitel. Credit: CDC. | Eggs of Aedes aegypti mosquito in glass container. Parasite. Credit: CDC. | |
Eerie, dramatic pictures from the Hubble telescope show newborn stars emerging from "eggs" — ... Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Closeup of spotted gull eggs. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). | |
![]() | A female Diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, puts the final touches on her freshly laid nest of eggs. Credit: America's Coastlines. | ![]() | Scientists monitor the gravel composition and levels of dissolved oxygen in the creek. The process requires the insertion of plastic pipes into the streambed at a depth where fish eggs are found. The scientists use an oxygen probe to measure the levels of dissolved oxygen and measure the cleanliness of the gravel to determine suitability of the riverbed as spawning habitat. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
![]() | State biologists Brad Chase and Mike Armstrong search for smelt eggs. A 2001 discovery of smelt eggs in the river led to the development of the initial development of the restoration project. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. | ![]() | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Butter and eggs - Scrophulariaceae Linaria vulgaris in a Swift parking lot area . Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
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| "Eggs" by Helena Björk Commentary: "Testing my new macro lens." | "Easter Eggs" by Bill Thearle Commentary: "Easter Eggs." |
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Andrew Carnegie | Concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket... |
| The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket. | |
Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already. |
Chinese Proverb | No possible rearrangement of bad eggs can ever make a good omelette. |
Will Rogers | Take my ham away, take my eggs away, even my chili, but leave me my newspaper. |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | And eggs got dearer every week |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Before this, and for a long time before, he had given up the two eggs and the bit of beef which he used to eat from time to time |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | On the dresser was a plate of sausages and white pudding and on the shelf there were eggs. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Ruthie looked once more at the gray reptile eggs in her hand, and then she threw them away |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Whereupon the Emperor his father published an edict, commanding all his subjects, upon great penalties, to break the smaller end of their eggs. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Sometimes one would circle round and round me in the woods a few feet distant as if tethered by a string, when probably I was near its eggs. |
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Health | Keep eggs refrigerated. (references) | |
Eat eggs promptly after cooking. (references) | ||
By summer, eggs hatch into larvae. (references) | ||
Business | Many fruit and vegetable importers also import eggs. (references) | |
The demand for meat, poultry, eggs, dairy, and fish products is on the rise. As disposable incomes increase, the Chinese people can afford to consume more meat and dairy products. (references) | ||
Economic History | Yemen | Frozen chicken and table eggs also offer good sales possibilities. (references) |
Trinidad | TT breeders import approximately 8,000 cases of hatching eggs per month. (references) | |
Hong Kong | Demand for grocery store products, meats, poultry, eggs and fresh fruit continues to be very strong. (references) | |
Political Economy | NIGERIA | Duties on branded vegetable oil were increased from 35 percent to 60 percent and on hatchable eggs from 50 percent to 80 percent. (references) |
FINLAND | The only significant Finnish direct export subsidies are for agricultural products, such as grain, meat, butter, cheese and eggs, as well as for some processed agricultural products. (references) | |
SWITZERLAND | A new law took effect in January 2000, which stipulates that fresh meat and eggs from abroad that are produced in a manner not permitted in Switzerland must be clearly labeled as such. (references) | |
Trade | South Africa | Only live ostriches and their fertilized eggs are subject to complete export prohibition. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | Labeling and expiration date requirements are stringent and an export impediment for U.S. fresh eggs and bottled baby food products. (references) | |
Canada | The Act lists various agricultural products (poultry, eggs, and dairy products), a number of textile and clothing items, and certain steel products. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God knew why giving it its peculiar sanctity. Its habit of incubating its eggs in a ball of ordure may also have commended it to the favor of the priesthood, and may some day assure it an equal reverence among ourselves. True, the American beetle is an inferior beetle, but the American priest is an inferior priest. |
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Jack Hanna | Right. Right. Right. They look like that, but the tegu is an animal that again, lives a lot of its life looking for eggs and birds. |
Judy Sheindlin | Well, the tabloid has a picture of my husband walking in front of another gal who used to serve me poached eggs in the morning. |
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| "Eggs" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.95% of the time. "Eggs" is used about 3,711 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.95% | 3,709 | 2,621 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.05% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,711 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "eggs". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Bezai | N/A | Biblical | Eggs |
| Thebez | N/A | Biblical | Eggs |
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Expressions using "eggs": bacon and eggs ♦ beaten eggs ♦ beating of eggs ♦ butter and eggs ♦ cock's eggs ♦ coddled eggs ♦ don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs ♦ eggs Benedict ♦ fish eggs ♦ fried eggs ♦ ham and eggs ♦ have all one's eggs in one basket ♦ have too many eggs in one basket imprudent ♦ juggling eggs ♦ kill the goose lays the golden eggs ♦ kill the goose that lays golden eggs ♦ kill the goose that lays the golden eggs ♦ lay eggs ♦ laying of eggs ♦ nest of eggs ♦ poach eggs ♦ put all one's eggs in one basket ♦ put all the eggs in one basket ♦ Scrabbed eggs ♦ scrambled eggs ♦ set a hen on eggs ♦ set eggs ♦ shirred eggs ♦ teach granny to suck eggs ♦ teach one's grandmother to suck eggs ♦ too many eggs in one basket ♦ walk among eggs ♦ whipped eggs. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "eggs": eggs-and-bacon, eggs-as-they-came, eggs-over-easy, eggs-traordinary. | |
Ending with "eggs": salmonella-in-eggs. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
dvd easter eggs | 1,463 | kinder eggs | 69 |
eggs | 1,186 | duck eggs | 64 |
deviled eggs | 313 | eggs snake | 64 |
hard boiled eggs | 293 | eggs robin | 63 |
pickled eggs | 244 | chicken eggs | 61 |
bird eggs | 210 | eggs snapping turtle | 60 |
green eggs and ham | 199 | eggs frog | 58 |
deviled eggs recipe | 174 | boiling eggs | 56 |
eggs turtle | 166 | fish eggs | 51 |
scrambled eggs | 149 | animatrix easter eggs | 50 |
faberge eggs | 141 | easter eggs window xp | 50 |
hatching eggs | 139 | pheasant eggs | 49 |
ostrich eggs | 123 | easter eggs movie | 47 |
quail eggs | 109 | easter eggs old school | 46 |
eggs benedict | 109 | candling eggs | 46 |
agriculture eggs | 87 | donating eggs | 46 |
dvd eggs | 85 | eggs picture | 45 |
brine shrimp eggs | 71 | duck eggs hatching | 44 |
eggs pickled recipe | 70 | poached eggs | 43 |
boiled eggs | 70 | dvd easter eggs old school | 39 |
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| Language | Translations for "eggs"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vezë të fërguara (fried eggs, scrambled eggs), pjell vezë (lay eggs), omëletë (omelet, omelette, scrambled eggs), kokardë (scrambled eggs). (various references) | |
Arabic | البيض. (various references) | |
Asturian | güevos. (various references) | |
Bemba | amani. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | нося яйца (lay eggs), мътя яйца (lay eggs), бъркани яйца (scrambled eggs), пържени яйца (fried eggs). (various references) | |
Cebuano | itlog. (various references) | |
Chinese | 蛋 (egg). (various references) | |
Czech | vsadit vše na jednu kartu (put all one's eggs in one basket), snášet vejce (lay eggs), smažené vajíèka (fried eggs), míchaná vejce (scrambled eggs). (various references) | |
Danish | enkelt individ opstået fra to æg befrugtet på samme tid (single individual created from two eggs fertilised at the same time), frisklagte aeg (fresh eggs), æg af forstellig størrelse (eggs of different sizes), æg fra volierehønsehold (aviary eggs, perchery eggs), æggepulver (dehydrated eggs, dried eggs, egg powder, whole egg-powder), aeg fra fritgående høns (free range, free range eggs), aeg fra fritgående høns-intensivt system (semi-intensive, semi-intensive eggs), aeg fra volierenhønsehold (barn, barn eggs, perchery, perchery eggs), aeggeprodukter (Egg Products, European Union for the Wholesale Trade in Eggs, Poultry and Game), aegkonserves (preserved eggs), den europaeiske union for engros-handelen med aeg (Egg Products, European Union for the Wholesale Trade in Eggs, Poultry and Game), fjerkrae og vildt (Egg Products, European Union for the Wholesale Trade in Eggs, Poultry and Game), æg af forskellig størrelse (eggs of different sizes), friske aeg (fresh eggs), voliere (aviary, barn, barn eggs, perchery, perchery eggs), fritgående (free range, free range eggs), fritgående-int. (semi-intensive, semi-intensive eggs), hvileæg (dormant eggs), konserverede aeg (preserved eggs), metode til optøning af æg (method for unfreezing eggs), nylagte aeg (fresh eggs), plasmasky (plasma blob, plasma eggs, plasmoid), plasmoide (plasma blob, plasma eggs, plasmoid), snavsede æg (dirty eggs, soiled eggs), tørrede æg (dehydrated eggs, dried eggs, egg powder, whole egg-powder), tilsmudsede æg (dirty eggs, soiled eggs), fjernelse af ubefrugtede æg (elimination of not fertilized eggs, removal of not fertilized eggs). (various references) | |
Dutch | eieren van hennen met vrije uitloop (semi-intensive, semi-intensive eggs), eieren van hennen met vrije uitloop-extensief systeem (free range, free range eggs), eieren van verschillende grootte (eggs of different sizes), eierpoeder (dehydrated eggs, dried eggs, egg powder, whole egg-powder), eierpoeier (dehydrated eggs, dried eggs, egg powder, whole egg-powder), eierprodukten en gevolgelte (Egg Products, European Union for the Wholesale Trade in Eggs, Poultry and Game), eiprodukten (preserved eggs), Europese unie van de groothandel in eieren (Egg Products, European Union for the Wholesale Trade in Eggs, Poultry and Game), individu samengesteld uit twee gelijktijdig bevruchte eicellen van verschillende genetische afkomst (single individual created from two eggs fertilised at the same time), chimaera (chimaera, Chimera), het ontdooien van eicellen (method for unfreezing eggs), vrije uitloop-extensief (free range, free range eggs), kolteer- of zware oliën worden gebruikt bij de bestrijding van schildluizen en de eieren en overwinterende vormen van o. a. bladluizen en spintmijten (also called black oils or heavy oils are used to destroy cochineal insects ( cochineals ), and insects and larvae which winter on barks, coal-tar oils, red spider, the eggs of aphids), legsel (nest of eggs), plasmoide (plasma blob, plasma eggs, plasmoid), verse eieren (fresh eggs), verwijderen van onbevruchte eieren (elimination of not fertilized eggs, removal of not fertilized eggs), volière (aviary), volière-eieren (barn, barn eggs, perchery, perchery eggs), vrije uitloop (semi-intensive, semi-intensive eggs), gedroogd heelei (dehydrated eggs, dried eggs, egg powder, whole egg-powder). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | lunlun. (various references) | |
Faeroese | egg (egg, mountain ridge). (various references) | |
Finnish | extra-luokan kananmuna (AA eggs, extra eggs), painoluokan 5 kananmuna (grade 5 eggs), hautoa (apply compresses to, bathe, brood, foment, hatch, sit on eggs), hedelmöittymättömien mätimunien poisto (elimination of not fertilized eggs, removal of not fertilized eggs), hedelmöitynyt muna (fertil eggs), kalkkunanmuna (turkey eggs), kimeera (chimaera, chimera, single individual created from two eggs fertilised at the same time), kokkeli (scrambled eggs), kovaksi keitetty muna (hard-boiled eggs), munajauhe (dehydrated eggs, dried eggs, egg powder, whole egg-powder), munakokkeli (scrambled eggs), munia (lay eggs), munintapesä (nest of eggs), painoluokan 4 kananmuna (grade 4 eggs), uppomuna (poached eggs), painoluokan 6 kananmuna (grade 6 eggs), painoluokan 7 kananmuna (grade 7 eggs), pakastettujen munasolujen sulatusmenetelmä (method for unfreezing eggs), panna kaikki yhden kortin varaan (put all one's eggs in one basket), pehmeäksi keitetty muna (soft-boiled eggs), plasmapisara (plasma blob, plasma eggs, plasmoid), plasmoidi (plasma blob, plasma eggs, plasmoid), säilötyt kananmunat (preserved eggs), säilötyt munat (preserved eggs), säröinen muna (check eggs), tuoreet kananmunat (fresh eggs), tuoreet munat (fresh eggs), painoluokan 3 kananmuna (grade 3 eggs). (various references) | |
French | enlèvement des oeufs non fécondés (elimination of not fertilized eggs, removal of not fertilized eggs), oeuf à coquille fêlée (check eggs), oeuf dur (hard-boiled eggs), oeuf de dinde (turkey eggs), oeuf de catégorie 7 (grade 7 eggs), oeuf de catégorie 6 (grade 6 eggs), oeuf de catégorie 5 (grade 5 eggs), oeuf de catégorie 4 (grade 4 eggs), oeuf de catégorie 3 (grade 3 eggs), œufs mollets (coddled eggs), oeuf à la coque dur (hard-boiled eggs), oeuf mollet (soft-boiled eggs, soft-cooked egg), méthode de décongélation des ovules (method for unfreezing eggs), libre parcours (free range eggs), les huiles de goudron que l'on appelle également huiles noires et huiles lourdes, sont utilisées pour détruire les cochenilles, les oeufs d'aphides - de pucerons, d'araignée rouge, d'insectes et de larves qui hivernent sur les écorces (the eggs of aphids), couver (set eggs), couvain d'ouvrières (worker eggs), conserves d'oeufs (preserved eggs), oeuf à la coque mollet (soft-boiled eggs), oeufs en poudre (dehydrated eggs, dried eggs, egg powder, whole egg-powder), produits d'oeufs et volailles (Egg Products, European Union for the Wholesale Trade in Eggs), ponte (lay eggs), pocher des œufs (poach eggs), plein air (semi-intensive eggs), plasmoïde (plasma eggs), perchoirs (barn eggs, perchery eggs), omelette (scrambled eggs), oeuf extra (AA eggs, extra eggs), oeufs frais (fresh eggs), oeuf fertile (fertil eggs), oeufs de poules élevées sur perchoirs (barn eggs, perchery eggs), oeufs de poules élevées en volière (aviary eggs, perchery eggs), oeufs de poules élevées en plein air (semi-intensive eggs), oeufs de poules élevées en libre parcours (free range eggs), oeufs de durée (dormant eggs), oeufs de calibres différents (eggs of different sizes), oeuf poché (poached eggs), Union européenne du commerce de gros des oeufs (Egg Products, European Union for the Wholesale Trade in Eggs), oeufs pondus (nest of eggs). (various references) | |
Frisian | aaien. (various references) | |
German | Eier (balls, nuts). (various references) | |
Greek | αυγά. (various references) | |
Hebrew | להטיל ביצים (lay eggs, spawn), ביציה (fried eggs), טריפה (beating of eggs, rending, tearing). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ikra (seed, spat, spawn). (various references) | |
Indonesian | mengeramkan (hatch eggs). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | mannik. (various references) | |
Italian | uova (spawn). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 卵 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たまごどんぶり (bowl of rice topped with boiled eggs), たまごやき (fried eggs, omelet), ハムエッグ (ham and eggs), うに (sayings and doings, sea urchin, sea urchin eggs, words and deeds), かんそうたまご (dehydrated eggs), いりたまご (scrambled eggs), めだまやき (sunny-side-up fried eggs), スクランブルドエッグズ (scrambled eggs), スクランブルエッグ (scrambled eggs), らんせい (oviparity, produced from eggs, troubled times, turbulent times), じのたまご (farm-fresh eggs, local eggs), じゅせいらん (fertilized eggs), はらこ (fish eggs, roe). (various references) | |
Korean | 계란 (egg). (various references) | |
Luganda | magi. (various references) | |
Macedonian | jajca. (various references) | |
Manx | oohyn scoaldit (poached eggs), oohyn bwoailt (scrambled eggs), ooghyn freeghit (fried eggs), guirrane (insect eggs), aal (litter, nest, sitting of eggs, young of animals; fork of table, young; fork). (various references) | |
Maya | he'. (various references) | |
Papago | nonha. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eggsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | eliminação dos ovos não-fecundados (elimination of not fertilized eggs, removal of not fertilized eggs), ovos de galinha criada ao ar livre (free range, free range eggs), arriscar tudo (put all the eggs in one basket), capoeira (barton, caponier, pen), conserva de ovo (preserved eggs), matar a galinha dos ovos de ouro (kill the goose that lays golden eggs), os óleos de hulha,também denominados óleos negros e óleos pesados,utilizam-se para destruir as cochonilhas,os ovos de afídios,o aranhiço vermelho e os insectos e larvas que hibernam na casca de árvores (also called black oils or heavy oils are used to destroy cochineal insects ( cochineals ), and insects and larvae which winter on barks, coal-tar oils, red spider, the eggs of aphids), ar livre (open air), ovos de capoeira (barn, barn eggs, perchery, perchery eggs), plasmóide (plasma blob, plasma eggs, plasmoid), ovos de galinha criada em parque (semi-intensive, semi-intensive eggs), ovos em pó (dehydrated eggs, dried eggs, egg powder, whole egg-powder), ovos frescos (fresh eggs), ovos mexidos (scrambled eggs), ovos postos (nest of eggs), pôr ovos (lay eggs, oviposit), parque (garden, lay-by, park, pleasure-ground), ovas de peixe (fish eggs). (various references) | |
Provencal | uòus. (various references) | |
Romanian | scrob (omelet, omelette, scrambled eggs), pune totul pe o singurã carte (have all one's eggs in one basket), pontã (laying of eggs), ouã jumãri (scrambled eggs), omletã (omelet, omelette, scrambled eggs), nu vinde castraveţi la grãdinar (don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs), învãţa oul pe gãinã (teach one's grandmother to suck eggs). (various references) | |
Ruanda | amagi. (various references) | |
Russian | яйца всмятку (rare eggs), яичный порошок (powdered eggs), яичница-болтунья (scrambled eggs), яичница с ветчиной (ham and eggs), яичница с беконом (bacon and eggs), яичница - болтунья (scrambled eggs), яичница (scrambled eggs), глазунья (fried eggs), омлет (omelet, omelette, scrambled eggs), нести яйца (lay eggs). (various references) | |
Samoan | fuamoa. (various references) | |
Scottish | suidh (sit, sit upon eggs), guir (breed, fester, hatch, lie upon eggs), guileagan (custom of boiling eggs outside on Easter Sunday = latha guileagan). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pečena jaja (fried eggs), nositi jaja (lay eggs, oviposit), kajgana (omelet, omelette, scrambled eggs). (various references) | |
Sicilian | ova. (various references) | |
Spanish | huevos (testicles). (various references) | |
Swedish | äggen. (various references) | |
Turkish | yumurtlamak (blunder out, blurt out, deposit, lay, lay eggs, ovulate, spawn), yağda yumurta (fried egg, fried eggs, scrambled eggs), sahanda yumurta (fried egg, fried eggs), omlet (omelet, omelette, scrambled eggs), altın yumurtlayan tavuğu kesmek (kill the goose lays the golden eggs), çırpılmış yumurta (whipped eggs). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яumurtgalamak (lay eggs), heяgenek (scrambled eggs). (various references) | |
Welsh | dodwy (lay eggs). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 8 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sicut avis transmigrans de nido suo sic vir qui relinquit locum suum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | As a brid ouerpassende fro his nest, so a man that forsaketh his place. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Maingon sa usa ka langgam nga nagasaagsaag gikan sa iyang salag, Ingon niana ang usa ka tawo nga nagalibud-suroy gikan sa iyang dapit. |
| Croatian | Kao ptica daleko od gnijezda svog, takav je èovjek daleko od svojeg zavièaja. |
| Danish | Som Fugl, der må fly fra sin Rede, er Mand, der må fly fra sit Hjem: |
| Dutch | Gelijk een vogel is, die uit zijn nest omdoolt, alzo is een man, die omdoolt uit zijn plaats. |
| Finnish | Kuin pesästään paennut lintu, on mies paossa kotipaikoiltaan. |
| French | Comme l`oiseau qui erre loin de son nid, Ainsi est l`homme qui erre loin de son lieu. |
| German | Wie ein Vogel, der aus seinem Nest weicht, also ist, wer von seiner Stätte weicht. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Yon moun ki lwen lakay li, se tankou yon zwezo ki byen lwen nich li. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang yang meninggalkan rumahnya, seperti burung yang meninggalkan sarangnya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Seperti burung yang sesat dari pada sarangnya, demikianlah hal orang yang sesat dari pada tempatnya. |
| Italian | Come un uccello che vola lontano dal nido così è l'uomo che va errando lontano dalla dimora. |
| Maori | ¶ Rite tonu ki te manu e atiutiu noa atu ana i tona kohanga te tangata e atiutiu noa atu ana i tona wahi. |
| Norwegian | Lik en spurv som flyver omkring borte fra sitt rede, er en mann som vanker om borte fra sitt hjem. |
| Portuguese | Qual a ave que vagueia longe do seu ninho, tal é o homem que anda vagueando longe do seu lugar. |
| Rumanian | Ca pasqrea plecatq din cuibul ei, awa este omul plecat din locul squ. |
| Russian | лБЛ РФЙГБ, РПЛЙОХЧЫБС ЗОЕЪДП УЧПЕ, ФБЛ ЮЕМПЧЕЛ, РПЛЙОХЧЫЙК НЕУФП УЧПЕ. |
| Spanish | Como el ave que vaga lejos de su nido, así es el hombre que vaga lejos de su lugar. |
| Swedish | Lik en fågel som har måst fly ifrån sitt bo är en man som har måst fly ifrån sitt hem. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "eggs": eggshell, eggshells. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "eggs": yeggs. (additional references) | |
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"Eggs" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aeggs, deggs, eeggs, efg, Efgh, egas, egb, Egcs, eges, egge, eggish, eggo, eggse, eggy, egh, egi, egms, egn, Egng, egpgc, egs, Egusa, egw, engs, geeggs, Geggus, heggs, iggt, jeggs, neggs, oggs, qegs, reggs, rggs, seggs, teggs, zegs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "eggs" (pronounced e"gz) |
| 3 | e" g z | begs, dregs, kegs, legs, pegs, regs. |
| 2 | -g z | airbags, backlogs, bags, bedbugs, bergs, Bigs, bigwigs, bogs, bootlegs, brags, bugs, bulldogs, bullfrogs, catalogs, catalogues, clogs, colleagues, demagogues, dialogues, digs, dogs, drags, drugs, earplugs, fags, fatigues, figs, flags, frogs, fugues, gags, gigs, handbags, hedgehogs, hogs, hotdogs, hugs, icebergs, ideologues, intrigues, jags, jigs, jogs, jugs, ladybugs, lags, leagues, logs, lugs, mags, migs, monologues, morgues, mugs, nags, pfennigs, pigs, plagues, plugs, rags, rigs, rogues, rugs, saddlebags, sags, sandbags, sandhogs, scags, shrugs, slugs, snags, stinkbugs, synagogues, tags, thugs, togs, tugs, twigs, underdogs, wags, watchdogs, whigs, wigs, zags, zigzags. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-g-s" | |
-1 letter: egg, seg. | |
-2 letters: es. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-g-s" | |
+1 letter: gages, yeggs. | |
+2 letters: aggers, aggies, eggars, eggers, gagers, gauges, gigues, gorges, gouges, gregos, gurges, sagged, sagger, seggar, sogged. | |
+3 letters: ageings, aggress, baggers, baggies, beggars, biggest, biggies, boggles, buggers, buggies, daggers, daggles, diggers, doggers, doggies, doglegs, edgings, eggcups, eggless, eggnogs, engages, foggers, gadgets, gaggers, gaggles, gagster, gangers, gangues, garages, gargets, gargles, gaugers, gavages, geegaws, genseng, gewgaws, giggles, giglets, gingers, ginseng, goggles, goglets, gorgers, gorgets, gougers, granges, greiges, grudges, grunges, guggles, guglets, gurgles, haggles, higgles, hoggers, hoggets, huggers, isagoge, jaggers, jiggers, jiggles, joggers, joggles, juggles, laggers, leggins, legongs, loggers, loggets, luggers, luggies, miggles, moggies, muggees, muggers, naggers, niggles, nuggets, piggies, raggees, raggies, raggles, reggaes, riggers, ruggers, saggers, saggier, seggars, serging, shagged, shogged, sieging, signage, slagged, slogged, slogger, slugged, slugger, smugger, smuggle, snagged, snigger, sniggle, snogged, snugged, snugger, snuggle, soggier, stagged, stagger, staggie, suggest, swagged, swagger, swaggie, swigged, swigger, taggers, toggles, tuggers, veggies, waggers, waggles, wiggles. | |
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