All egg synonyms
egg
E e noun egg
- spawn — Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
- ovum — Cell Biology. the female reproductive cell or gamete of animals, which is capable of developing, usually only after fertilization, into a new individual. the female reproductive cell or gamete of plants.
- rudiment — Usually, rudiments. the elements or first principles of a subject: the rudiments of grammar. a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something: the rudiments of a plan.
- germ — a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- nucleus — a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club.
- bud — A bud is a small pointed lump that appears on a tree or plant and develops into a leaf or flower.
- cackle — If someone cackles, they laugh in a loud unpleasant way, often at something bad that happens to someone else.
- roe — the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- oospore — a fertilized egg within an oogonium.
- cackleberry — a hen's egg used for food.
- reproductive cell — gamete.
- egg cell — egg1 (def 5).
- ovule — Botany. a rudimentary seed. the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed.
- seed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
verb egg
- urge — to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
- incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- spur — a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
- drive — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- egg on — to incite or urge; encourage (usually followed by on).
- pressure — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.