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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

1. domestic swine;
[syn: hog, pig, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa]

2. a coarse obnoxious person;
[syn: slob, sloven, pig, slovenly person]

3. a person regarded as greedy and pig-like;
[syn: hog, pig]

4. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman;
[syn: bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig]

5. mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast;
[syn: pig bed, pig]

6. a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace;


VERB (3)

1. live like a pig, in squalor;
[syn: pig, pig it]

2. eat greedily;
- Example: "he devoured three sandwiches"
[syn: devour, guttle, raven, pig]

3. give birth;
- Example: "sows farrow"
[syn: farrow, pig]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pig \Pig\, n. A piggin. [Written also pigg.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pig \Pig\, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[imac]ka.] 1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. "Two pigges in a poke." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera. [1913 Webster] 3. [Cf. Sow a channel for melted iron.] An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine. [1913 Webster] 4. One who is hoggish; a greedy person. [Low] [1913 Webster] Masked pig. (Zool.) See under Masked. Pig bed (Founding), the bed of sand in which the iron from a smelting furnace is cast into pigs. Pig iron, cast iron in pigs, or oblong blocks or bars, as it comes from the smelting furnace. See Pig, 4. Pig yoke (Naut.), a nickname for a quadrant or sextant. A pig in a poke (that is, bag), a blind bargain; something bought or bargained for, without the quality or the value being known. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pig \Pig\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pigging.] 1. To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow. [1913 Webster] 2. To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pig n 1: domestic swine [syn: hog, pig, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa] 2: a coarse obnoxious person [syn: slob, sloven, pig, slovenly person] 3: a person regarded as greedy and pig-like [syn: hog, pig] 4: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig] 5: mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast [syn: pig bed, pig] 6: a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace v 1: live like a pig, in squalor [syn: pig, pig it] 2: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" [syn: devour, guttle, raven, pig] 3: give birth; "sows farrow" [syn: farrow, pig]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

PIG, n. An animal (_Porcus omnivorus_) closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.