HOG


Meaning of HOG in English

[hog] n, pl hogs also hog [ME hogge, fr. OE hogg] (14c) 1: a domestic swine esp. when weighing more than 120 pounds; broadly: any of various wild and domestic swine

2. usu hogg Brit: a young unshorn sheep; also: wool from such a sheep 3 a: a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person b: one that uses something to excess "old cars that are gas ~s"

[2]hog vb hogged ; hog.ging vt (1769) 1: to cut (a horse's mane) short: roach

2: to cause to arch

3: to take in excess of one's due "~ the credit"

4: to tear up or shred (as waste wood) into bits by machine ~ vi: to become curved upward in the middle--used of a ship's bottom or keel

Merriam-Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Merriam Webster.