veg
English
editEtymology 1
editClipping of various related words including vegetable, vegetarian, and vegetate.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /vɛd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʒ
Adjective
editveg (not comparable)
Derived terms
editNoun
editveg (countable and uncountable, plural vegs or veges or veg)
- (colloquial) vegetable(s).
- 2002, Tom Grahn, "Food compositions and methods of preparing the same", US Patent 6814975 [2], page 5,
- Secondary foodstuffs are exemplified by the following prepared dishes: vegetarian steaks, gratinated vegs, oven made lasagne, fish and ham with potatoes, […]
- 2007 August 31', Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 2:
- Ok, Question 40. Do you get your five fruit and veg?
Ohh, I mean I certainly try to... I would say, I would say I probably do.
A day.
A WHAT??!
- Ok, Question 40. Do you get your five fruit and veg?
- fruit and veg ― fruit and vegetables
- 2002, Tom Grahn, "Food compositions and methods of preparing the same", US Patent 6814975 [2], page 5,
- (chiefly India) vegetarian food.
Usage notes
edit- In colloquial speech this is usually pluralized simply as "veg".
- In writing this may or may not be followed by a period to mark it as an abbreviation.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editVerb
editveg (third-person singular simple present vegs or vegges or veges, present participle vegging or veging, simple past and past participle vegged or veged)
- (colloquial) to vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest
- After working hard all week, I decided to stay home and veg on Saturday.
- 2002, Jonathan Kellerman, Flesh and Blood[4], →ISBN, page 7:
- And he just sits and vegges on the TV, munches nachos, whatever.
Alternative forms
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editTranslations
editEtymology 2
editCoined in a 1948 paper in the American Journal of Psychology by Robert S. Harper and S. S. Stevens.[5], [6]
Noun
editveg (plural vegs)
- (psychology) A unit of subjective weight, equivalent to the perceived weight of lifting 100 grams.
References
edit- “veg”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
editAfrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch vechten, from Middle Dutch vechten, from Old Dutch fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Verb
editveg (present veg, present participle vegtende, past participle geveg)
- to fight
Derived terms
editDanish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse veikr, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz.
Adjective
editveg
Inflection
editInflection of veg | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | veg | vegere | vegest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | vegt | vegere | vegest2 |
Plural | vege | vegere | vegest2 |
Definite attributive1 | vege | vegere | vegeste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editveg
Jamtish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse vegr, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editveg m
Declension
editNorwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse vegr, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.
Noun
editveg m (definite singular vegen, indefinite plural veger, definite plural vegene)
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- “veg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse vegr, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Akin to English way.
Noun
editveg m (definite singular vegen, indefinite plural vegar, definite plural vegane)
- road
- way
- direction
- bane veg - pave the way
Derived terms
editSee also
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editveg
- present of vega
- imperative of vega
References
edit- “veg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
editNoun
editveg
Volapük
editEtymology
editFrom German Weg.
Noun
editveg (nominative plural vegs)
- road, way
- 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: II:
- E bi pinunedoms in drim nemü God ad no gegolön lü ‚Herodes’, ädatävoms ve veg votik lü län oksik.
- But they were given a warning in a dream in the name of God not to go back to Herod, and returned to their own country by a different way.
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- Indian English
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- en:Rest
- en:Psychology
- en:Vegetarianism
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