veg
English
Etymology 1
Shortened form of various related words including vegetable, vegetarian, and vegetate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛd͡ʒ/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʒ
Adjective
veg (not comparable)
- vegetarian
- 2007, Tom Masters, Eastern Europe, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 120:
- The food's lip-smackingly good with some veg options, and there's a ham and eggs breakfast for 3KM.
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Noun
veg (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 , page 5,
- Secondary foodstuffs are exemplified by the following prepared dishes: vegetarian steaks, gratinated vegs, oven made lasagne, fish and ham with potatoes, […]
- 2004, Marion Halligan, The Taste of Memory, →ISBN, page 185:
- […] meals of meat and three veg were mostly the same three veg, beans peas potatoes, or peas carrots 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 , page 5,
- (chiefly India) vegetarian food.
Usage notes
- 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
- veggie, vegie
Derived terms
- meat and two veg
Verb
veg (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, →ISBN, page 7:
- And he just sits and vegges on the TV, munches nachos, whatever.
Alternative forms
- vedge
Related terms
- veg out
Translations
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Etymology 2
Coined in a 1948 paper in the American Journal of Psychology by Robert S. Harper and S. S. Stevens.,
Noun
veg (plural vegs)
- (psychology) A unit of subjective weight, equivalent to the perceived weight of lifting 100 grams.
References
- “veg”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
- GeV
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch vechten, from Middle Dutch vechten, from Old Dutch fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
veg (present veg, present participle vegtende, past participle geveg)
- to fight
Derived terms
- aanveg
- beveg
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse veikr, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz.
Adjective
veg
- weak, yielding
Inflection
| Inflection of veg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | veg | vegere | vegest2 |
| 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
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
veg
- past tense of vige
Jamtish
Etymology
From Old Norse vegr, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /¹ʋe̞ːɣ/
Noun
veg m
- way, road
Declension
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | veg | veg'enn | vagar | vagan |
| dative | veg | veg'a | vagar | vegum |
| compound-genitive | veg | ― | vaga | ― |
| vocative | veg | ― | veger, vagar | ― |
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- vei
Etymology
From Old Norse vegr, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.
Noun
veg m (definite singular vegen, indefinite plural veger, definite plural vegene)
- road
- way
- direction
Derived terms
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See also
- gate
- sti
References
- “veg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʋeːɡ], [ʋæːɡ]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vegr, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Akin to English way.
Noun
veg m (definite singular vegen, indefinite plural vegar, definite plural vegane)
- road
- way
- direction
- bane veg - pave the way
Derived terms
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See also
- gate
- stig
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
veg
- present of vega
- imperative of vega
References
- “veg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Noun
veg
- accusative singular of vegr
Volapük
Etymology
From German Weg.
Noun
veg (nominative plural vegs)
- road, way
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | veg | vegs |
| genitive | vega | vegas |
| dative | vege | veges |
| accusative | vegi | vegis |
| vocative 1 | o veg! | o vegs! |
| predicative 2 | vegu | vegus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋeːɣ/, /ʋe̞ːɣ/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vegr, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.
Noun
veg m (definite vägjen, plural vega)
- road, way
- Han knallä säg hejmät vägjen
- He slowly walked home along the road.
- Han knallä säg hejmät vägjen
Derived terms
- åweg
- oväga
- vegaleus
- vägalöjt
- vegamot
- vegaskel
- vägastödu
See also
- göto
- stig
Verb
veg
- present singular of vega
- imperative singular of vega