hog

🇺🇸 /hɔːɡ/ 🇬🇧 /hɒɡ/
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noun
R

A pig that is raised to be eaten, often kept and fed to get fat.

The farmer raised hogs on his farm for meat.

R

A male pig that has had part of its sex organs removed and is raised for its meat.

The butcher sold hogs for meat at the market.

verb
R

To take more than your share of something, not allowing others to have any.

He hogged the blanket during the night, leaving me cold.

translation

n. A pig that is raised to be eaten, often kept and fed to get fat.; A male pig that has had part of its sex organs removed and is raised for its meat.
v. To take more than your share of something, not allowing others to have any.

Word Forms

3rd Present hogs
Past hogged
Perfect hogged
Progressive hogging
Plural hogs