pig
v.
give birth to piglets
n.
hog, swine; cast iron; police officer, cop (Derogatory Slang)
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)
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
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
pig, run like a
To run very slowly on given hardware, said of software. Distinct from
hog.
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(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe