pig  /pɪg/

noun

1. domestic swine

synset: hog, pig, grunter, squealer, Sus_scrofa

2. a coarse obnoxious person

synset: slob, sloven, pig, slovenly_person

3. a person regarded as greedy and pig-like

synset: hog, pig

4. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

synset: bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig

5. mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast

synset: pig_bed, pig

6. a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace

synset: pig

verb

1. live like a pig, in squalor

synset: pig, pig_it

2. eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"

synset: devour, guttle, raven, pig

3. give birth to (piglets); "sows farrow"

synset: farrow, pig

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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