Converse of object

• fertilize: For example, research into the way genes control limb development in the fertilized chicken egg provides insight into how human limbs develop.

• boil: His brain inside his skull would start bubbling like a boiled egg inside its shell.

• lay: The race to lay new eggs is on, for the pond may only last a matter of a week or two.

• poach: For those who fancy a change, James will rustle up some delicious locally smoked haddock with a poached egg!

• hatch: Lewknor School borrowed an incubator to hatch a dozen eggs.

• incubate: The latter pair were seen to dance before the ( presumed ) female settled down to incubate the egg.

Adjective modifier

• scrambled: Beat the eggs with a little water and stir them in as for scrambled eggs.

• beaten: Mix in the beaten eggs, then grate in cinnamon to taste.

• fried: In this game you can " create 76 different, real world dishes from fried eggs to cabbage meat rolls!

• free-range: We take food very seriously here and consequently offer a range of hot and cold delights including locally cured bacon and Gower free-range eggs.

• hard-boiled: Let's say more jolly sausage than hard-boiled egg.

• unfertilised: Looking at cells You can see some cells with your naked eye, such as an unfertilised ostrich egg which is a single cell.

Modifies a noun

• yolk: Brush the pastry case with the egg yolk mixture to glaze the pastry.

Noun used with modifier

• easter: Chelsea Chelsea's excited group had refreshments and football Easter eggs for their first session.

• nest: A nest egg Meaning Savings, set aside for later use.

• ostrich: Looking at cells You can see some cells with your naked eye, such as an unfertilised ostrich egg which is a single cell.

• quail: And there were eggs: quail eggs, chicken eggs, duck eggs and preserved eggs.

Possessives

• curate: Gift from the Gods is a curate's egg really: long in technical merit, short on excitement.

Preposition: in

• basket: An old adage cautions against carrying all of your eggs in a single basket.

Preposition: from

• ovary: The fallopian tubes carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus.