pig | ||
1. | [ noun ] (zoology) domestic swine | |
Synonyms: | Sus_scrofa grunter squealer hog | |
Related terms: | swine porker Sus pork trotter lard farrow | |
2. | [ noun ] (informal) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman | |
Synonyms: | cop fuzz copper bull | |
Related terms: | policeman colloquialism | |
3. | [ verb ] (food) eat greedily | |
Synonyms: | gulp guttle raven devour | |
Examples: | "he devoured three sandwiches" |
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Related terms: | eat hog | |
4. | [ noun ] a person regarded as greedy and pig-like | |
Synonyms: | hog | |
Related terms: | selfish_person devour | |
5. | [ noun ] a coarse obnoxious person | |
Synonyms: | slob slovenly_person sloven | |
Related terms: | vulgarian slattern litterer | |
6. | [ verb ] (biology) birth; of sows | |
Synonyms: | farrow | |
Related terms: | litter hog | |
7. | [ noun ] mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast | |
Synonyms: | pig_bed | |
Related terms: | mold | |
8. | [ verb ] live like a pig, in squalor | |
Synonyms: | pig_it | |
Related terms: | live hog | |
9. | [ noun ] (metallurgy) a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace | |
Related terms: | ingot | |
Similar spelling: |
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