'Hog' definitions:

Definition of 'hog'

(from WordNet)
noun
A person regarded as greedy and pig-like [syn: hog, pig]
noun
A sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared [syn: hog, hogget, hogg]
noun
Domestic swine [syn: hog, pig, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa]
verb
Take greedily; take more than one's share

Definition of 'Hog'

From: GCIDE
  • Hog \Hog\ (h[o^]g), n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc'h, hoc'h. Cf. Haggis, Hogget, and Hoggerel.]
  • 1. (Zool.) A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suid[ae]; esp., the domesticated varieties of {Sus scrofa}, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern Europe, are thought to have been derived from {Sus Indicus}. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. [1913 Webster]
  • Bush hog, Ground hog, etc.. See under Bush, Ground, etc.
  • Hog caterpillar (Zool.), the larva of the green grapevine sphinx; -- so called because the head and first three segments are much smaller than those behind them, so as to make a resemblance to a hog's snout. See Hawk moth.
  • Hog cholera, an epidemic contagious fever of swine, attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. --Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser.)
  • Hog deer (Zool.), the axis deer.
  • Hog gum (Bot.), West Indian tree (Symphonia globulifera), yielding an aromatic gum.
  • Hog of wool, the trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep of the second year.
  • Hog peanut (Bot.), a kind of earth pea.
  • Hog plum (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus Spondias (Spondias lutea), with fruit somewhat resembling plums, but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies.
  • Hog's bean (Bot.), the plant henbane.
  • Hog's bread.(Bot.) See Sow bread.
  • Hog's fennel. (Bot.) See under Fennel.
  • Mexican hog (Zool.), the peccary.
  • Water hog. (Zool.) See Capybara. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hog'

From: GCIDE
  • Hog \Hog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Hogging.]
  • 1. To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. --Smart. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Naut.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hog'

From: GCIDE
  • Hog \Hog\, v. i. (Naut.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'hog'

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