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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


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Hog may refer to:Hog (swine)Harley Owners GroupThe stock ticker symbol for Harley-Davidson (HOG)The Hogs (American football), the famed offensive line of the Washington Redskins of the National Football LeagueM60 machine gun, also referred to as a 'pig'Arkansas RazorbacksHogging and sagging, a condition on a ship where the keel is under a bending load, forced upwards amidships and sagging at bow and stern. In wooden ships, this can be come a permanent deformation of the keel.Hogging, a practice among certain men that entails seeking out obese women for sexual encountersServer hog, a user, program or system that places excessive load on a server such that the server performance is degradedAlso used to describe any person or process that consumes undue resourcesHammer of God - A security penetration testing groupThe Hammer of God - A science fiction novel by Arthur C. ClarkeHigher-order grammar, a formal grammar frameworkHeart of GreedHead of Government
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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


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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

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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.
  

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