noun · countable / uncountable · rare

veg

veg · vegs · veges

овоч

овощ

Gemüse

VegetableVegetable(s).

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/vɛd͡ʒ/

» Only fresh veg is sold here.

Hier wird nur frisches Gemüse verkauft.

Здесь продаются только свежие овощи.

Meaning

3 senses

(colloquial, countable, uncountable)Vegetable(s).
fruit and veg
(India, countable, uncountable)Vegetarian food.
A unit of subjective weight, equivalent to the perceived weight of lifting 100 grams.

More definitions

edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

Examples

32 sentences

Only fresh veg is sold here.
ruЗдесь продаются только свежие овощи.
deHier wird nur frisches Gemüse verkauft.
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We need some fruit and veg.
ruНам нужны фрукты и овощи.
deWir brauchen Obst und Gemüse.
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What are your non-veg options?
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Mary bought fresh veg from the market.
deMaria kaufte frisches Gemüse auf dem Markt.
CC BY · Tatoeba · sundown · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Mary bought fresh veg on the market.
deMaria kaufte frisches Gemüse auf dem Markt.
CC BY · Tatoeba · sundown · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Origin

Clipping of various related words including vegetable, vegetarian, and vegetate. Coined i

Clipping of various related words including vegetable, vegetarian, and vegetate.

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

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