veg

American  

[vej] / vɛdʒ /

noun

Chiefly British.

veges plural

1. a vegetable.

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verb (used without object)

Slang.

vegges, present (3rd person singular) vegged, past participle, past vegging present participle

1. to relax in a mindless way (usually followed byout ).

   We vegged out all weekend, watching the soccer channel and ordering pizza.

   Tonight I'll go home and veg with a good book.

veg British  

/ vɛdʒ /

noun

1. informal a vegetable or vegetables

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• veg
  plural
• veges
  plural

Conjugated Forms

Present

• have vegged
  perfect
• has vegged
  perfect 3rd person singular
• are vegging
  progressive
• vegges
  singular 3rd person
• vegging
  participle
• am vegging
  progressive 1st person singular
• is vegging
  progressive 3rd person singular
• have been vegging
  perfect progressive
• has been vegging
  perfect progressive 3rd person singular

Past

• had vegged
  perfect
• were vegging
  progressive plural
• vegged
  simple
• was vegging
  progressive singular
• vegged
  participle
• had been vegging
  perfect progressive

Future

• will veg
  simple
• will have vegged
  perfect
• will have been vegging
  perfect progressive
• will be vegging
  progressive

Etymology

Origin of veg

First recorded in 1940–45; by shortening

Example Sentences

Gupta bought a take-out container marked "VEG samosas" but when he and the group began eating the samosas, they realized something was amiss, the documents said.

From Reuters • Jul. 20, 2011