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HOG

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: hogged    , hogging   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Domestic swine

Synonyms:

grunter; hog; pig; squealer; Sus scrofa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hog" is a kind of...):

swine (stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals)

Meronyms (parts of "hog"):

trotter (foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food)

porc; pork (meat from a domestic hog or pig)

Meronyms (substance of "hog"):

lard (soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hog"):

porker (a pig fattened to provide meat)

Holonyms ("hog" is a member of...):

genus Sus; Sus (type genus of the Suidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared

Synonyms:

hog; hogg; hogget

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hog" is a kind of...):

lamb (young sheep)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A person regarded as greedy and pig-like

Synonyms:

hog; pig

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("hog" is a kind of...):

selfish person (a person who is unusually selfish)

Derivation:

hog (take greedily; take more than one's share)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take greedily; take more than one's share

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "hog" is one way to...):

grab; snaffle; snap up (get hold of or seize quickly and easily)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

hog (a person regarded as greedy and pig-like)

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