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- pronunciation:
- hag
[or]
hawg
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A hog is an adult pig that has been raised for meat.
The hogs are kept in a large pen. |
| definition 2: |
Mammals in the same family of animals as pigs are called hogs.
The wild hogs that live in this forest are a type called "boars." |
| definition 3: |
A person who takes too much for themselves is sometimes called a "hog."
Shawn is such a hog! He ate the whole rest of the donuts. |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
hogs, hogging, hogged |
| definition: |
When you hog something, you take too much of it, or more of it than is fair.
Stop hogging the pizza! I haven't even had one piece yet!My dad hogs the TV. We can never watch what WE want to watch. |
| derivation: |
hoglike (adj.) |
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