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Teg

Definition: Teg

Teg

Noun

1. Two-year-old sheep.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Teg \Teg\, noun. sheep in its second year; also, doe in its second year. [Provincial English]. (Websters 1913)

 

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Teg

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

TEG

EnglishTriethylene glycolN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms within Context: Teg

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Animal

Horse. (beast of burden); cattle, kine, ox; bull, bullock; cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn; sheep; lamb, lambkin; ewe, ram, tup; pig, swine, boar, hog, sow; steer, stot; tag, teg; bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Teg

Non-English Usage: "Teg" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Serbo-Croatian (weight), Swedish (strip), Welsh (beautiful, fair, fine), Wolof (past for time).

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Modern Usage: Teg

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Zau Zau Teg Bhau (1985)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Teg

DomainTitle

Books

  • De som teg och led : roman (reference)

  • Nr Sverige teg : om nazisternas frfljelser (reference)

  • Stig Wennerstrm, spionen som teg (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Teg

"Teg" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Teg" is used about 4 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)75%3202,518
Noun (singular)25%1339,140
                    Total100.00%4N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Teg

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

teg

48

teg federal credit union

26

teg vcd

15

online.com teg

7

solution teg

3

teg tylwyth

3

teg s80txd

3

teg thermoelectric

2

fcu teg

2

juego teg

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Teg

Language Translations for "teg"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

Dele Dyvjeçare. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

Овца 'ъв 'тората Си "одина. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

Kétéves Bárány (tegg). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

egtay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

Овца На 'тором "оду. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

top edge guilt, dvogodišnja ovca. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

Ýki Yaşındaki Kuzu. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

con cừu hai tuổi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Teg

Derivations

Words beginning with "teg": tegmen, tegmenta, tegmental, tegmentum, tegmina, tegminal, tegs, tegua, teguas, tegular, tegumen, tegument, teguments, tegumina. (additional references)

Words containing "teg": categoric, categorical, categorically, categories, categorise, categorised, categorises, categorising, categorization, categorizations, categorize, categorized, categorizes, categorizing, category, cortege, corteges, counterstrategies, counterstrategist, counterstrategists, counterstrategy, disintegrate, disintegrated, disintegrates, disintegrating, disintegration, disintegrations, disintegrative, disintegrator, disintegrators, geostrategic, geostrategies, geostrategist, geostrategists, geostrategy, integer, integers, integrabilities, integrability, integrable, integral, integralities, integrality, integrally, integrals, integrand, integrands, integrate, integrated, integrates, integrating, integration, integrationist, integrationists, integrations, integrative, integrator, integrators, integrities, integrity, integument, integumentary, integuments, nonintegral, nonintegrated, nonstrategic, photodisintegrate, photodisintegrated, photodisintegrates, photodisintegrating, photodisintegration, photodisintegrations, plateglass, protege, protegee, protegees, proteges, redintegrate, redintegrated, redintegrates, redintegrating, redintegration, redintegrations, redintegrative, reintegrate, reintegrated, reintegrates, reintegrating, reintegration, reintegrations, reintegrative, stegodon, stegodons, stegosaur, stegosaurs, stegosaurus, stegosauruses, strategic, strategical, strategically, strategies, strategist, strategists, strategize, strategized, strategizes, strategizing, strategy, subcategories, subcategorization, subcategorizations, subcategorize, subcategorized, subcategorizes, subcategorizing, subcategory, syncategorematic, syncategorematically, uncategorizable, unintegrated. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Teg"

Words ending with "eg": Cleg, Dreg, Gleg, Jeg, keg, skeg, Steg. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Teg

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: get.

Words within the letters "e-g-t"

-1 letter: et.

 Words containing the letters "e-g-t"
 

+1 letter: gate, gelt, gent, gest, geta, gets, tegs.

 

+2 letters: agate, agent, aglet, begat, beget, begot, egest, egret, eight, ergot, gated, gates, geest, gelts, gemot, genet, gents, geste, gests, getas, getup, gleet, godet, grate, great, greet, guest, legit, retag, stage, targe, tegua, tenge, terga, teugh, thegn, tiger, tinge, togae, togue.

 

+3 letters: agates, ageist, agents, aglets, agnate, aiglet, aigret, argent, augite, baguet, begets, begirt, budget, cogent, cygnet, degust, digest, dotage, eaglet, eating, egesta, egests, egoist, egrets, eighth, eights, eighty, elegit, engirt, englut, ergate, ergots, feting, fidget, forget, gadget, gaiety, gaited, gaiter, gallet, gamest, gamete, gannet, garget, garnet, garote, garret, garter, gasket, gasted, gaster, gateau, gather, gayest, gayety, geests, gelant, gelate, gelati, gelato, gemote, gemots, genets, gentes, gentil, gentle, gently, gentoo, gentry, gerent, gestes, gestic, getter, getups, ghetto, gibbet, giblet, gifted, giglet, gimlet, girted, gleets, gleety, glutei, gluten, goatee, gobbet, goblet, godets, goglet, goiter, goitre, gorget, gotten, grated, grater, grates, greats, greets, grivet, guests, guglet, gullet, gunite, gurnet, gusset, gusted, guttae, gutted, gutter, guttle, gyrate, height, hogget, hogtie, hugest, ignite, ingate, ingest, jugate, legate, legato, legist, legits, length, ligate, magnet, metage, meting, midget, negate, nidget, nugget, nutmeg, orgeat, outage, outbeg, parget, piglet, potage, regent, regilt, reglet, regret, retags, rugate, sagest, signet, staged, stager, stages, stagey, stodge, stogey, stogie, stooge, tagged, tagger, tanged, tangle, targes, target, teeing, tegmen, teguas, telega, tergal, tergum, tewing, thegns, tieing, tigers, tinged, tinges, tingle, toeing, togaed, togate, togged, toggle, togues, tonged, tonger, tongue, towage, triage, trudge, tugged, tugger, twinge, urgent, vegete, weight, widget, wiglet, zygote.

 

+4 letters: agamete, agatize, ageists, agentry, agisted, agitate, agnates, aiglets, aigrets, anteing, antigen, argents, atingle, augites, augment, baguets, banteng, beating, bedight, beignet, belting, besting, betting, bigfeet, biggest, biggety, bighted, bigoted, bootleg, budgets, cagiest, cartage, cigaret, coagent, cognate, congest, cortege, cottage, cuttage, cygnets, degusts, delight, denting, deterge, dieting, digests, dighted, dotages, dragnet, drugget, eaglets, easting, eatings, edgiest, editing, egalite, egested, egoists, egotism, egotist, eighths, eightvo, elating, elegant, elegist, elegits, eluting, emoting, engluts, engraft, ergates, ergotic, etagere, etching, eviting, exegete, exigent, exiting, fagoted, fagoter, fatigue, felting, fetting, fidgets, fidgety, fighter, figment, flotage, footage, foregut, forgets, freight, frigate, fulgent, gabfest, gadgets, gadgety, gagster, gahnite, gaiters, galatea, galeate, gallate, galleta, gallets, gametes, gametic, gamiest, gannets, gantlet, gargets, gargety, garment, garnets, garoted, garotes, garotte, garrets, garrote, garters, gashest, gaskets, gasters, gastrea, gateaus, gateaux, gateman, gatemen, gateway, gathers, gaunter, gavotte, gazette, gelants, gelated, gelates, gelatin, gelatos, gellant, gemmate, gemotes, genetic, genette, genital, genitor, genteel, gentian, gentile, gentled, gentler, gentles, gentoos, gerents, gestalt, gestapo, gestate, gesture, getable, getaway, getters, getting, ghettos, ghosted, gibbets, giblets, giglets, gilbert, gillnet, gimlets, girthed, gittern, gjetost, glaiket, gleeted, glinted, glisten, glister, glitter, glitzes, gloated, gloater, globate, glouted, gluepot, gluiest, gluteal, glutens, gluteus, glutted, goateed, goatees, gobbets, goblets, goglets, goiters, goitres, goldest, gooiest, gorgets, goriest, gothite, gourmet, goutier, gradate, grafted, grafter, granite, granted, grantee, granter, graters, gratine, gravest, grayest, greaten, greater, greatly, greenth, greeted, greeter, greyest, grifted, grifter, gristle, gritted, grivets, grommet, grouted, grouter, grummet, grunted, grunter, gruntle, grutten, guested, guglets, gullets, gummite, gumtree, gunites, gurglet, gurnets, gussets, gustier, gustoes, gutless, gutlike, gutsier, guttate, gutters, guttery, guttier, guttled, guttler, guttles, gypster, gyrated, gyrates, heating, hefting, heighth, heights, henting, highest, highted, hoggets, hogtied, hogties, hostage, hygeist, ignited, igniter, ignites, ingates, ingesta, ingests, ingoted, ingrate, integer, iteming, jesting, jetting, kinglet, languet, largest, legated, legatee, legates, legator, legatos, legists, lengths, lengthy, lentigo, letting, ligated, ligates, lighted, lighten, lighter, lignite, loggets, logiest, longest, magenta, magnate, magneto, magnets, margent, meeting, megabit, megahit, megaton, meltage, melting, metages, metring, midgets, migrate, mintage, mitogen, montage, mutagen, nametag, negated, negater, negates, negaton, negator, neglect, nesting, netting, nidgets, nighest, nightie, nuggets, nuggety, nutmegs, onstage, orgeats, oughted, outages, outbegs, outgave, outgive, outgoes, outgone, outgrew, outrage, pageant, pargets, pelting, petting, piglets, pigment, pledget, portage, postage, potages, pottage, protege, pungent, ragtime, reagent, refight, regatta, regents, reglets, regmata, regnant, regraft, regrant, regrate, regreet, regrets, relight, renting, resight, restage, resting, retting, retying, righted, righter, ringent, ringlet, rontgen, rootage, sagiest, scutage, seagirt, seating, segetal, segment, setting, shegetz, sighted, sighter, sigmate, signets, singlet, sleight, stagers, stagged, stagger, staggie, stagier, stanged, stengah, stewing, stinger, stodged, stodges, stogeys, stogies, stooged, stooges, storage, stowage, strange, suggest, taggers, taglike, tagmeme, tallage, tanager, tangelo, tangent, tangier, tangled, tangler, tangles, tangoed, tankage, tannage, targets, teaming, teargas, tearing, teasing, tedding, teeming, teenage, tegmina, tegular, tegumen, telegas, telling, temping, tending, tensing, tentage, tenting, tergite, terming, testing, teughly, thanage, thegnly, theming, thenage, theolog, theurgy, thighed, thonged, thuggee, tiering, tighten, tighter, tigress, tillage, tingled, tingler, tingles, togated, toggery, toggled, toggler, toggles, tollage, tongers, tongmen, tongued, tongues, tonnage, toughed, toughen, tougher, toughie, towages, tragedy, treeing, trepang, triaged, triages, trigged, trigger, trudged, trudgen, trudger, trudges, trueing, tuggers, tugless, tunnage, turgent, turgite, twanged, twanger, twangle, twigged, twiggen, twinged, twinges, tzigane, ugliest, unguent, unitage, upstage, vaguest, vantage, vegetal, ventage, venting, vertigo, vestige, vesting, vetoing, vetting, vintage, virgate, voltage, vulgate, waftage, wantage, wastage, wattage, weeting, weights, weighty, welting, wergelt, westing, wetting, widgets, wiglets, winglet, zesting, zygotes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Teg


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 65 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    .    --.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100101 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#101 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0065 0067

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

547173

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Abbreviations
9. Acronyms
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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