English dictionary
hog
/h/O/g/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
Synonyms pigSource: WordNet 3.0
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a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
Source: WordNet 3.0
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domestic swine
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A quadruped of the genus <i>Sus</i>, and allied genera of <i>Suidæ</i>; esp., the domesticated varieties of <i>S. scrofa</i>, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, <i>lard</i> and <i>pork</i>; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.
Source: webster1913
verb
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take greedily; take more than one's share
Source: WordNet 3.0
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To cut short like bristles; as, to <i>hog</i> the mane of a horse.
Source: webster1913
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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.
Source: webster1913