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veg  (vj)

intr.v. vegged, veg·ging, veg·es Informal

To engage in relaxing or passive activities. Often used with out.

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[Short for vegetable.]

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veg [vɛdʒ]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Informal a vegetable or vegetables

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

veg - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant vegetable, veggie garden truck, green goods, green groceries, produce - fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market julienne, julienne vegetable - a vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish) rabbit food, raw vegetable - an uncooked vegetable legume - the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) potherb - any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning greens, leafy vegetable, green - any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables solanaceous vegetable - any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersicon root vegetable - any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers pieplant, rhubarb - long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened cruciferous vegetable - a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens; various cabbages; broccoli; cauliflower; brussels sprouts squash - edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable cuke, cucumber - cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons artichoke, globe artichoke - a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart artichoke heart - the tender fleshy center of the immature artichoke flower asparagus - edible young shoots of the asparagus plant bamboo shoot - edible young shoots of bamboo onion - an aromatic flavorful vegetable leek - related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves cardoon - only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery); related to artichokes celery - stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning gumbo, okra - long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews mushroom - fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi pumpkin - usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn truffle, earthnut - edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber plantain - starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics finocchio, Florence fennel, fennel - aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

Translations

veg [vedʒ] N ABBR =vegetable(s) → verdura f, vegetales mpl

veg out VI + ADV → relajarse

veg [ˈvɛdʒ] npl (= vegetables) (mainly British) → légumes mpl
fruit and veg → fruits et légumes
meat and two veg dans la cuisine britannique, composition typique du plat de résistance qui comprend une viande, des pommes de terre et un autre légume

veg (esp Brit)

n no pl abbr of vegetable; meat and two veg → Fleisch und zwei Sorten Gemüse; he likes his meat and two veg → er liebt gutbürgerliche Kost