"egg" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

egg sustantivo

sustantivo + egg
Kolokacji: 42
Easter egg • nest egg • bird egg • fish egg • Fabergé egg • ...
egg + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 73
egg yolk • egg white • egg mixture • egg roll • egg cell • ...
egg + verbo
Kolokacji: 45
egg hatches • egg laying • egg develops • egg contains • egg comes • ...
verbo + egg
Kolokacji: 58
lay eggs • eat eggs • produce eggs • cook egg • add eggs • break eggs • put one's eggs • use eggs • take eggs • throw eggs • get eggs • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(2) eat, use, consume
Kolokacji: 3
(6) give, donate
Kolokacji: 2
(7) protect, encase
Kolokacji: 2
1. protect one's eggs = chronić czyjś jajka protect one's eggs
  • It made him want to kill the human devils even more, to sweep the world clean of them to protect his eggs.
  • They arrange their own living bodies into a nest, protecting the queen and her eggs in the middle.
  • The females of some gregarious species work together to protect each other's eggs.
  • The nest is usually in a tree hole where it can protect its eggs and young against potential predators.
  • Some evidence indicates the females may protect their eggs until they hatch.
  • Cavefish protect their eggs for the longest period of any fish.
  • The fathers all huddle together in a group to help protect each others' eggs.
  • Now, some citizens are protecting her eggs from the mankind, and any other predator.
  • Some species shed them into the water, and others protect their eggs in various ways.
2. egg encased = jajko przykryło egg encased
(8) hatch, incubate
Kolokacji: 2
(9) want, order, like, call
Kolokacji: 4
(10) serve, top, provide
Kolokacji: 4
adjetivo + egg
Kolokacji: 89
hard-boiled egg • fried egg • large egg • golden egg • white egg • perfect egg • poached egg • raw egg • single egg • rotten egg • ...
preposición + egg
Kolokacji: 16
into eggs • with eggs • of eggs • from eggs • for eggs • ...

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