"veg" meaning in English

See veg in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /vɛd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-veg.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʒ Etymology: Clipping of various related words including vegetable, vegetarian, and vegetate. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en}} Clipping, {{m|en|vegetable}} vegetable, {{m|en|vegetarian}} vegetarian, {{,}} ,, {{m|en|vegetate}} vegetate Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} veg (not comparable)
  1. Vegetarian. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Vegetarianism Derived forms: nonveg, veg-curious
    Sense id: en-veg-en-adj-oB~xIRMK Disambiguation of Vegetarianism: 63 4 22 5 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 2 16 15 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 3 12 15 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /vɛd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-veg.wav [Southern-England] Forms: vegs [plural], veges [plural], veg [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʒ Etymology: Clipping of various related words including vegetable, vegetarian, and vegetate. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en}} Clipping, {{m|en|vegetable}} vegetable, {{m|en|vegetarian}} vegetarian, {{,}} ,, {{m|en|vegetate}} vegetate Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|es|veg}} veg (countable and uncountable, plural vegs or veges or veg)
  1. (colloquial) vegetable(s). Tags: colloquial, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-veg-en-noun-XzX5su1i
  2. (chiefly India) vegetarian food. Tags: India, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-veg-en-noun-EcOfn8Hu Categories (other): Indian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: veggie, vegie Derived forms: meat and two veg, veg box, veg-head
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: vegs [plural]
Etymology: 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 Head templates: {{en-noun}} veg (plural vegs)
  1. (psychology) A unit of subjective weight, equivalent to the perceived weight of lifting 100 grams. Categories (topical): Psychology
    Sense id: en-veg-en-noun-N8T5AOhf Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /vɛd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-veg.wav [Southern-England] Forms: vegs [present, singular, third-person], vegges [present, singular, third-person], veges [present, singular, third-person], vegging [participle, present], veging [participle, present], vegged [participle, past], vegged [past], veged [participle, past], veged [past]
Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʒ Etymology: Clipping of various related words including vegetable, vegetarian, and vegetate. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en}} Clipping, {{m|en|vegetable}} vegetable, {{m|en|vegetarian}} vegetarian, {{,}} ,, {{m|en|vegetate}} vegetate Head templates: {{en-verb|vegs|++|++|past2=veged|pres_3sg2=vegges|pres_3sg3=veges|pres_ptc2=veging}} veg (third-person singular simple present vegs or vegges or veges, present participle vegging or veging, simple past and past participle vegged or veged)
  1. (colloquial) to vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Rest Synonyms: vedge Related terms: veg out Translations (vegetate): vegetar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-veg-en-verb--x4hMP7f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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