hog
n.
domestic pig raised for market; any of a number of mammals related to the domestic pig (i.e. boar, wart hog, etc.); greedy person (Slang); something that consumes too much of anything
v.
cause to arch; curve upward (of a ship's keel); shred into little bits with a machine (of wood); cut a horse's mane short, roach; act selfishly, take more than one's fair share
Hog
hog
Noun
1. a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
(synonym) pig
(hypernym) selfish person
2. a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
(synonym) hogget, hogg
(hypernym) lamb
3. domestic swine
(synonym) pig, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa
(hypernym) swine
(hyponym) porker
(member-holonym) Sus, genus Sus
(substance-meronym) lard
(part-meronym) trotter
Verb
1. take greedily; take more than one's share
(hypernym) snap up, snaffle, grab
(derivation) pig
hog
hog, domestic pig raised for market; any of a number of mammals related to the domestic pig (i.e. boar, wart hog, etc.)
hoggen
v.
hog
Hog
(v. t.)
To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
(v. t.)
To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse.
(v. i.)
To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.
(n.)
A young sheep that has not been shorn.
(n.)
A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
(n.)
A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidae; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.
(n.)
A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow.
(n.)
A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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