veg

[ vej ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

, plural veg, veg·es.

1. a vegetable.

verb (used without object)

, Slang.

, vegged, veg·ging.

1. to relax in a mindless way (usually followed by out ):

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

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

veg

/ vɛdʒ /

noun

1. informal.
   a vegetable or vegetables

Word History and Origins

Origin of veg¹

First recorded in 1940–45; by shortening

Example Sentences

Lidl has been freshening up the look of its stores, putting bakeries at the entrances and displaying more fruit and veg.

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For the first few years the shop, named after Alan’s father Albert Edward Hartley, simply sold fruit and veg.

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Alan Hartley was never supposed to open a fruit and veg shop.

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They included five-a-day campaigns to promote eating fruit and veg, food labelling to highlight calorie content, restrictions on advertising unhealthy food to children and voluntary agreements with manufacturers to reformulate foods.

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The Welsh Veg in Schools project, co-ordinated by Food Sense Wales, has Welsh government funding until March 2025, with a spokesman saying it will also be considered for support during the 2025-26 financial year.

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