Egg vs Sun - What's the difference?
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(zoology, countable) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.
(countable) The egg of a domestic fowl as an item of food.
(uncountable) The contents of one or more (hen's usually) eggs as a culinary ingredient, etc.
(biology, countable) The female primary cell, the ovum.
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A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, associated with an injury.
(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).
(NZ, pejorative) A foolish or obnoxious person.
In terms such as good egg'', ''bad egg'', ''tough egg etc., a person, fellow.
To throw eggs at.
To dip in or coat with beaten egg (cooking).
To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.
The star that the Earth revolves around and from which it receives light and warmth.The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary , Oxford University Press, 1998
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, title= (astronomy) A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
The light and warmth which is received from the sun.
* Shakespeare
Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.Webster's College Dictionary , Random House, 2001
* Bible, Psalms lxxiv. 11
* Eikon Basilike
(chiefly, literary) Sunrise or sunset.
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*:whilst many an hunger-starved poor creature pines in the street, wants clothes to cover him, labours hard all day long, runs, rides for a trifle, fights peradventure from sun' to ' sun , sick and ill, weary, full of pain and grief, is in great distress and sorrow of heart.
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To expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun.
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, passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines. A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.}}
To warm or dry in the sunshine.
To be exposed to the sun.
To expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method.
As a noun egg
is (zoology|countable) an approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.As a verb egg
is to throw eggs at or egg can be to encourage, incite.egg
English
(wikipedia egg)Etymology 1
From (etyl) egge, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Katrina G. Claw
Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}
Verb
(en verb)- After I cut the tubing, I found that I had slightly egged it in the vise.
Derived terms
* * * * * * * * * * * egg-nog, eggnog * egg-shell, eggshell * * * * * * * * * * * * * scrambled egg, scrambled eggs *See also
* caviar * roeEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Derived terms
* 1000 English basic words ----sun
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Alternative forms
* (sense) (capitalized) SunProper noun
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
Usage notes
* The Sun is traditionally regarded as masculine.Noun
(en noun)- Lambs that did frisk in the sun .
- For the Lord God is a sun and shield.
- I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to posterity.