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.

From BBC

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

From BBC

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.

From BBC

The Medfly is not a finicky eater; its menu is as long as a Cheesecake Factory’s: 200-plus fruits and veg from every climate.

From Los Angeles Times

There are eight hens in the community garden, and when they hear Dave Rickford, who oversees the community fridge, rattling bags of fruit and veg, they make an excited dash to his feet.

From BBC