veg — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

crispy, fresh, fresh, good, listed, new, other, same

VERB + VEG

bought, buy, buying, buys, charge, home-grown, interest, ordered

VEG + NOUN

beans, biryani, burger, chow, mein, non-veg, options, peas

PREP.

down, from, in, in, on, out, up, with

ADV.

instead, mostly, only, typically

Definitions

adj

1

Vegetarian.

The food's lip-smackingly good with some veg options, and there's a ham and eggs breakfast for 3KM.

noun

1

vegetable(s).

She paused, still clutching her fork, and pushed back a lock of hair with the crook of her wrist. "It'll help if one of you takes charge of the veg. and the other helps with the plates," she said.

2002, Tom Grahn, "Food compositions and methods of preparing the same", US Patent 6814975 http://www.google.com/patents?id=spsQAAAAEBAJ, page 5, Secondary foodstuffs are exemplified by the following prepared dishes: vegetarian steaks, gratinated vegs, oven made lasagne, fish and ham with potatoes, […]

2

vegetarian food.

verb

1

to vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest

After working hard all week, I decided to stay home and veg on Saturday.

And he just sits and vegges on the TV, munches nachos, whatever.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

The food's lip-smackingly good with some veg options, and there's a ham and eggs breakfast for 3KM.

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02

She paused, still clutching her fork, and pushed back a lock of hair with the crook of her wrist. "It'll help if one of you takes charge of the veg. and the other helps with the plates," she said.

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03

2002, Tom Grahn, "Food compositions and methods of preparing the same", US Patent 6814975 http://www.google.com/patents?id=spsQAAAAEBAJ, page 5, Secondary foodstuffs are exemplified by the following p

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04

[…] meals of meat and three veg were mostly the same three veg, beans peas potatoes, or peas carrots potatoes.

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05

After working hard all week, I decided to stay home and veg on Saturday.

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06

And he just sits and vegges on the TV, munches nachos, whatever.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, veg is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.