How to use veg in a sentence

15 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Veg means vegetarian. Example: “After working hard all week, I decided to stay home and veg on Saturday.”

Examples of veg by meaning

adjectiveVegetarian.

The food's lip-smackingly good with some veg options, and there's a ham and eggs breakfast for 3KM.2007, Tom Masters, Eastern Europe, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 120

nounVegetable(s).

fruit and veg
"It'll help if one of you takes charge of the veg. and the other helps with the plates," she said.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 167

verbTo vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest.

After working hard all week, I decided to stay home and veg on Saturday.
And he just sits and vegges on the TV, munches nachos, whatever.2002, Jonathan Kellerman, Flesh and Blood, →ISBN, page 7

More sentences with veg

After an exhausting day at work, I would veg out in front of the TV.From the entry veg out
You can hasselback any root veg and they look great on the plate.2025, Mariella Frostrup, Belles Berry, Menolicious, London: Dorling Kindersley, →ISBN. From the entry hasselback
Anup replied, "I like veg but I don't want to spoil my non-vegetarian menus, especially chicken-65."2017, Satish Kumar, Campus Plus: Dreams, Friends And Challenges, page 110. From the entry chicken 65
That said, if Sue is after a little zhoosh, she might want to consider how she dresses her veg.2021 December 21, Anna Berrill, “Final magic touches to zhoosh your Christmas lunch”, in The Guardian. From the entry zhoosh
Box stalls filled with fresh produce, known as "hedge veg", can be found on hedgerows, with an honesty jar alongside.2017 September 15, Kari Herbert, “Guernsey goes gastro: a food adventure in the Channel Islands”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The…. From the entry honesty jar
As I crunched on a baked goat’s cheese and caramelised onion veg chip, I silently cursed myself for only stocking the posh hand-cooked ones.2023, L.M. Chilton [pseudonym; Luke Chilton], chapter 12, in Don’t Swipe Right, London: Head of Zeus, →ISBN. From the entry wotsit
Yet the vast majority of people in Wuhan as well as the rest of China stick to meals of grains, tofu, pork and veg.2020 May 15, Yuan Yang, “Letter from China: Sichuan goes with the flow”, in Financial Times. From the entry Wuhanese
Three years previously, at her insistence, the whole family had turned pescatarian or vegaquarian; call it what you will, we ate only fish and veges.2008, Laura Solomon, Alternative Medicine, page 2. From the entry vegaquarian
Controversial plans to replace appointed peers with elected senators, longed for by the Lib Dems, were seemingly given a new berth among the leftovers of Sam Cam's veg box.2013 August 4, Matthew Bell, “It's a very good 17 days to bury bad news”, in The Independent, London. From the entry simples
Some veg varieties are robust enough in our relatively benign climate to stay in the soil all winter, and to provide us with winter crops or welcome spring treats.2011, Jane Powers, The Living Garden: A Place That Works With Nature, London, England: Frances Lincoln Limited, →ISBN, page 132. From the entry asparagussy

Meaning of veg

adjective Vegetarian.
noun Vegetable(s).
noun Vegetarian food.

Full definition of veg

Questions about veg in a sentence

How do you use veg in a sentence?: Veg is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “After working hard all week, I decided to stay home and veg on Saturday.”
What is a short sentence with veg?: “fruit and veg”
What does veg mean?: Veg means vegetarian.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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