egg
/eɡ/noun
उच्चारण एग
अंडा
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as idiom
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[C, U]
a small oval object with a thin hard shell, produced by a female bird, especially a chicken, and eaten as food; a female reproductive cell (ovum)
अंडा
- a boiled egg
- Break an egg into the pan and cook it gently.
- Mother scrambled two eggs for breakfast.
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- The hen laid an egg in the corner of the yard.
- Beat the eggs with a little sugar and milk.
- Sea turtles lay their eggs on the beach at night.
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[T] ~ sb on
to encourage somebody to do something, especially something that they should not do
उकसाना
- His friends egged him on to jump.
- The crowd egged the batter on with loud cheers.
- The older boys egged the new student on to climb the wall.
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- Don't egg him on; he is already angry enough.
- Her cousins egged her on to sing in front of the guests.
Synonyms urge encourage incite goad spur
Opposite discourage dissuade deter
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
an egg / eggs (countable)
As food or an object, egg is countable and usually takes a or eggs.
भोजन या वस्तु के रूप में 'egg' countable है और उसके साथ 'a' या बहुवचन आता है।
- She boiled two eggs for breakfast.
- A hen lays an egg every day.
egg (uncountable, as a food)
Without a, egg refers to the food in general, such as egg on toast.
'A' के बिना 'egg' सामान्य रूप से खाद्य पदार्थ को दर्शाता है।
- Do you want egg in the sandwich?
lay / hatch / boil + egg
These verbs describe what happens to eggs in the order of nature or cooking.
ये verbs अंडों के साथ प्रकृति या पकाने में होने वाली क्रियाएँ बताते हैं।
- The bird laid three eggs in the nest.
- Radhika fried an egg.
egg on (verb): egg sb on to do sth
Use egg on to push someone to do something, often unwise.
किसी को कुछ करने के लिए उकसाने हेतु 'egg on' आता है, प्रायः नासमझी भरे काम के लिए।
- His friends egged him on to climb the wall.
egg + noun (compound)
Egg works like an adjective before nouns such as white, shell and curry.
'Egg' कई noun से पहले adjective जैसा काम करता है।
- Radhika cooked egg curry for the guests.
+Collocations 5
verb + egg
layboilfrybeatcrack
- Beat two eggs and add the flour.
adjective + egg
boiledfreshscrambledrottenhard-boiled
- A rotten egg smells terrible.
egg + noun
whiteyolkshelltimercurry
- Separate the egg white from the yolk.
box / carton / dozen of eggs
a dozena traya cartona basketa crate
- She bought a tray of eggs from the market.
egg + preposition
in the neston toastin curryof a birdfrom a hen
- The nest had two eggs in it.
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- The hen sat on the eggs for three weeks.
मुर्गी तीन सप्ताह तक अंडों पर बैठी रही।
- I like my eggs hard-boiled.
मुझे अंडे कड़े उबले हुए पसंद हैं।
- The turtle lays its eggs on the beach.
कछुआ अपने अंडे समुद्र तट पर देता है।
- Do not put all your eggs in one basket.
अपने सारे अंडे एक ही टोकरी में मत रखो।
- The crowd egged the player on after his goal.
गोल के बाद भीड़ ने खिलाड़ी को और उकसाया।
- The egg slipped and cracked on the kitchen floor.
अंडा फिसलकर रसोई के फ़र्श पर टूट गया।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He egged me for doing it.
✓ He egged me on to do it.
The phrasal verb is egg sb on to do sth.
Phrasal verb 'egg sb on to do sth' है।
✗ The hen has put three eggs.
✓ The hen has laid three eggs.
Birds lay eggs; put is not used.
पक्षी अंडे 'lay' करते हैं; 'put' का प्रयोग नहीं होता।
✗ We have two eggs, so we shall make omelette.
✓ We have two eggs, so we shall make an omelette.
Omelette is countable and needs an article.
'Omelette' countable है, इसलिए article आवश्यक है।
¶Idioms 4
walk/tread on eggshells
to be very careful how you behave because sb is easily offended or upset
फूँक-फूँक कर क़दम रखना, बहुत सावधानी से पेश आना
- Everyone walks on eggshells around the new manager.
- I felt as if I was treading on eggshells when I spoke to him.
a bad egg
(old-fashioned, informal) a person who cannot be trusted
बुरा या बेईमान आदमी
- Stay away from him — he's a bad egg.
- Every group has one bad egg.
you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
used to say that you cannot make important changes without causing some problems
कुछ पाने के लिए कुछ खोना पड़ता है
- Some jobs will be lost, but you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
- Change is painful — you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
teach your grandmother to suck eggs
to give advice to sb who has more experience than you (British, informal)
(अपने से ज़्यादा अनुभवी को) सलाह देना; मछली को तैरना सिखाना
- Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs; I've been cooking for forty years.
- Telling an old farmer how to plant rice is like teaching your grandmother to suck eggs.
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egg sb on (to do sth)
to encourage somebody to do something, especially something they should not do
(ग़लत काम के लिए) उकसाना, बढ़ावा देना
- His friends egged him on to jump into the river.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage
Keep the egg parts: shell, white (albumen), yolk (the yellow part).
अंडे के भाग याद रखिए: shell (खोल), white (albumen, सफ़ेदी), yolk (पीला भाग, ज़र्दी)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Don't put all your eggs in one basket (don't depend on one plan only), walk on eggshells (be very careful not to upset somebody), egg on (encourage somebody to do something bad), have egg on your face (be made to look foolish), chicken-and-egg situation (where it is impossible to say which of two things caused the other), a good egg (old-fashioned, a kind person).
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: don't put all your eggs in one basket (केवल एक योजना पर निर्भर न रहें), walk on eggshells (किसी को परेशान न करने के लिए बहुत सावधान रहना), egg on (बुरा काम करने के लिए उकसाना), have egg on your face (मूर्ख दिखना), chicken-and-egg situation (जहाँ यह कहना असंभव हो कि दो में से किसने दूसरे को जन्म दिया, मुर्गी पहले या अंडा), a good egg (पुराना, दयालु व्यक्ति)।