pig
1. domestic swine (Freq. 7)
• Syn:
hog, grunter, squealer, Sus scrofa
• Derivationally related forms:
squeal (for: squealer), grunt (for: grunter), piglet
• Hypernyms:
swine
• Hyponyms:
porker
• Member Holonyms:
Sus, genus Sus
• Substance Meronyms:
lard
• Part Meronyms:
trotter, pork, porc
2. a coarse obnoxious person
• Syn:
slob, sloven, slovenly person
• Derivationally related forms:
slovenly (for: sloven)
• Hypernyms:
vulgarian
• Hyponyms:
litterer, litterbug, litter lout, slattern, slut,
slovenly woman, trollop
3. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
• Syn:
bull, cop, copper, fuzz
• Derivationally related forms:
cop (for: cop)
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
• Hypernyms:
policeman, police officer, officer
4. a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
• Syn:
hog
• Derivationally related forms:
piggy, hog (for: hog)
• Hypernyms:
selfish person
5. mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
• Syn:
pig bed
• Hypernyms:
mold, mould, cast
6. a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace
• Hypernyms:
ingot, metal bar, block of metal
1. live like a pig, in squalor
• Syn:
pig it
• Hypernyms:
live
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. give birth
- sows farrow
• Syn:
farrow
• Derivationally related forms:
farrow (for: farrow), farrowing (for: farrow)
• Hypernyms:
give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. eat greedily
- he devoured three sandwiches
• Syn:
devour, guttle, raven
• Hypernyms:
eat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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