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Substantiivit

1. (zoology, countable) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.
2. (countable) The egg of a domestic fowl as an item of food.
3. (uncountable) The contents of one or more (hen's usually) eggs as a culinary ingredient, etc.
4. (biology, countable) The female primary cell, the ovum.
5. Anything shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg.
6. A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, associated with an injury.
7. (mildly, pejorative, slang, ethnic slur), (potentially offensive) A person of Caucasian (Western) ancestry, who has a strong desire to learn about and immerse him- or herself in East Asian culture, and/or such a person who is perceived as behaving as if he or she were Asian (from the "white" outside and "yellow" inside).
8. (NZ, pejorative) A foolish or obnoxious person.
9. In terms such as good egg, bad egg, tough egg etc., a person, fellow.

Verbit

1. To throw eggs at.
2. (obsolete except in egg on) To encourage, incite.
3. To dip in or coat with beaten egg (cooking).
4. To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.