Dictionary 1. (n.) A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidae; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.2. (n.) A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. 3. (n.) A young sheep that has not been shorn. 4. (n.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. 5. (n.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. 6. (v. t.) To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. 7. (v. t.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. 8. (v. i.) To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form. Thesaurus adopt appropriate arrogate assume barrow belly-god boar careerist colonize conquer cormorant corner egotist engross enslave forestall fortune hunter gilt glutton gorger gormand gormandizer gourmand gourmandizer greedy eater greedygut greedyguts guttler husky eater indent individualist jump a claim lone wolf loner make free with make use of monopolist monopolize narcissist occupy overrun pig piggy piglet pigling porker preempt preoccupy prepossess razorback requisition road hog self-advancer self-pleaser self-seeker self-server shoat sit on slattern sloven slut sow squat on subjugate suckling pig swine take all of take it all take over take possession of take up temporizer tie up timepleaser timeserver trencherman trencherwoman tufthunter tusker usurp wild boar |