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pig
v. give birth to piglets
 
n. hog, swine; cast iron; police officer, cop (Derogatory Slang)


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Pig
Pigs, also called hogs or swine, are ungulates.Native to Eurasia, they are collectively grouped under the genus Sus within the Suidae family. Despite pigs reputation for gluttony, and another reputation for dirtiness, pigs are actually very intelligent. The nearest living relatives of the swine family are the peccaries.
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PIG (band)
Raymond Watts (also known as Nainz, Nainz Watts, and Ray Scaballero) is the founding and sole member of the industrial music project PIG.Raymond was an early member and periodic collaborator of KMFDM, and has been a visible part of the industrial music scene since the early 1980s. He has toured with KMFDM, Nine Inch NailsSchaftSchwein, and Einstürzende Neubauten.According to the official website, PIG is currently in the studio recording a new album.
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pig
Noun
1. domestic swine
(synonym) hog, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa
(hypernym) swine
(hyponym) porker
(member-holonym) Sus, genus Sus
(substance-meronym) lard
(part-meronym) trotter
(derivation) farrow
2. a coarse obnoxious person
(synonym) slob, sloven, slovenly person
(hypernym) vulgarian
(hyponym) litterer, litterbug, litter lout
3. a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
(synonym) hog
(hypernym) selfish person
(derivation) devour, guttle, raven
4. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
(synonym) bull, cop, copper, fuzz
(hypernym) policeman, police officer, officer
(classification) colloquialism
5. mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
(synonym) pig bed
(hypernym) mold, mould, cast
6. a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace
(hypernym) ingot, metal bar, block of metal
Verb
1. live like a pig, in squalor
(synonym) pig it
(hypernym) live
(derivation) hog, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa
2. eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
(synonym) devour, guttle, raven
(hypernym) eat
(derivation) hog
3. give birth; "sows farrow"
(synonym) farrow
(hypernym) litter
(derivation) hog, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Pig
(v. t. & i.)
To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
  
 
(v. t. & i.)
To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.
  
 
(n.)
The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.
  
 
(n.)
One who is hoggish; a greedy person.
  
 
(n.)
Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.
  
 
(n.)
An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.
  
 
(n.)
A piggin.
  

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pig, run like a
To run very slowly on given hardware, said of software. Distinct from hog.
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(1994-11-29)


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