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# veg

noun (veg — informal, uncountable or plural); verb (veg out, vegs out, vegged out, vegging out — informal)

«veg» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK, Australia, NZ, informal) Veg is short for vegetable or vegetables: meat and two veg, fruit and veg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veg/#m1)
2. (informal) To veg (out) is to relax and do nothing much, for example lying on the sofa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veg/#m2)

### In the lessons

Common clipped word in everyday British and Australian talk: «Eat your veg!», «a fruit and veg stall». In health lessons, eat plenty of fruit and veg. «Veg out» is casual slang for lazing about. In maths problems, «a box of veg» is counted like other food.

### Examples

- Eat your veg or there's no pudding! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veg/#x1)
- We bought fruit and veg at the market. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veg/#x2)
- Sunday lunch is meat and two veg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veg/#x3)
- After school I just want to veg out in front of the TV. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veg/#x4)
- She vegged out on the beach all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veg/#x5)
- Try to eat five portions of fruit and veg a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veg/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced «vedj» (rhymes with «edge»). Informal: in formal writing say «vegetables». It has no plural form: «lots of veg». Past of «veg out» is «vegged out» (double g). In the US people say «veggies».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «veg» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/veg/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«veg» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/veg.html) on Mova free.