EGG

I

n.

1) to hatch; incubate; lay ~s

2) to beat ( AE ), whisk ( BE ); boil; fry; poach an ~

3) to candle ~s

4) an addled, bad, rotten ~; boiled; devilled; fried; hard-boiled; poached; raw; Scotch ( BE ); scrambled; soft-boiled ~s

5) ( misc. ) a bad/ rotten ~ ('a bad person'); a good ~ ('a good person'); to have ~ on one's face ('to be in an embarrassing position'); ( BE ) to teach one's grandmother to suck ~s ('to try to tell smb. smt. that they already know')

II

v. ( d ; tr. ) to ~ into (to ~ smb. into doing smt.)