pig

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: hoggruntersquealerSus scrofaslobslovenslovenly personbullcopcopperfuzzpig bed

WordNet 3.0

Noun (6)

  1. domestic swineSynonyms: hoggruntersquealerSus scrofa
  2. a coarse obnoxious personSynonyms: slobslovenslovenly person
  3. a person regarded as greedy and pig-likeSynonyms: hog
  4. uncomplimentary terms for a policemanSynonyms: bullcopcopperfuzz
  5. mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is castSynonyms: pig bed
  6. a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace

Verb (3)

  1. live like a pig, in squalorSynonyms: pig it
  2. eat greedily“he devoured three sandwiches”Synonyms: devourguttleraven
  3. give birth“sows farrow”Synonyms: farrow
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pig \Pig\, n. A piggin. [Written also pigg.] [1913 Webster]
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]

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]

The Devil's Dictionary

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.
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