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pig

UK
/pɪg/
US
/pɪg/

Translations

pignoun
pigs
pl
UK
/pɪg/
US
/pɪg/
The farmer raised a pig on his farm.
Фермер вырастил свинью на своей ферме.
The little pig was playing in the mud.
Маленький поросёнок играл в грязи.
Additional translations
кабан
хряк
Synonyms
hog
piggery
grunt
porker
sow
boar
swine
pigverb
pigged
Past Simple
pigged
Past Participle
pigging
Gerund
UK
/pɪɡ/
US
/pɪɡ/
He tends to pig out on pizza every Friday night.
Он склонен обжираться пиццей каждую пятницу вечером.
Additional translations
растирать носом в землю
Synonyms
glut
overindulge
devour
feast
gorge
pigadjective
UK
/pɪɡ/
US
/pɪɡ/
Attributive use before nouns (e.g., pig farm, pig manure).
Synonyms
porcine
piggish
swinish
filthy
greedy
gluttonous
uncouth
messy
dirty

Definitions

pignoun
A domesticated animal with a stout body, short legs, and a snout, raised for its meat.
The farmer raised pigs for their meat and sold them at the local market.
A person regarded as unpleasantly greedy, dirty, or gluttonous.
He never cleaned up after himself and ate everyone else's food—what a pig.
A block of metal, typically iron or lead, that is cast in a shape suitable for handling or further processing.
The foundry produced several pigs of iron to be used in manufacturing.
Slang, usually derogatory: a police officer.
The protesters chanted slogans against the pigs patrolling the street.
A cylindrical or bullet-shaped device inserted into a pipeline to clean, inspect, or separate fluids within it.
Engineers sent a pig through the pipeline to remove built-up sludge.
pigverb
To eat greedily or to excess.
He pigged out on pizza and ice cream at the party.
To crowd together closely.
Fans pigged into the small venue until there was barely room to breathe.
(of a sow) To give birth to piglets; farrow.
The sow pigged during the night, delivering a healthy litter.
To send a pig through a pipeline for cleaning, inspection, or separation purposes.
The maintenance crew pigged the pipeline after the annual shutdown.
pigadjective
Relating to, consisting of, or intended for pigs.
The farmer built a new pig shed to house the sows.
(informal, chiefly British) Used as an intensifier before another adjective to mean complete or absolute.
She felt pig sick when she heard the news.
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