adj
Meaning 1
Vegetarian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
veg
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/vɛd͡ʒ/
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noun
Meaning 2
vegetable(s).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, countable, uncountable
Examples
- 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, [...]
- fruit and veg
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noun
Meaning 3
vegetarian food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A unit of subjective weight, equivalent to the perceived weight of lifting 100 grams.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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verb
Meaning 5
to vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
Examples
- After working hard all week, I decided to stay home and veg on Saturday.
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noun
Meaning 6
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vegetable, veggie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: produce, green goods, green groceries, garden truck
Narrower terms: julienne, julienne vegetable, raw vegetable, rabbit food, legume, potherb, greens, green, leafy vegetable, solanaceous vegetable, root vegetable, pieplant, rhubarb, cruciferous vegetable, squash, cucumber, cuke, artichoke, globe artichoke, artichoke heart, asparagus, bamboo shoot, onion, leek, cardoon, celery, gumbo, okra, mushroom, pumpkin, truffle, earthnut, plantain, fennel, Florence fennel, finocchio
History
Etymology
Clipping of various related words including vegetable, vegetarian, and vegetate.
Coined in a 1948 paper in the American Journal of Psychology by Robert S. Harper and S. S. Stevens.http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9556(194807)61%3A3%3C343%3AAPSOWA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D, http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9556(195304)66%3A2%3C304%3AANCTVS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: wegetować — vegetate
- Spanish: vegetar — vegetate