pig
noun
1 pig
Domestic swine.
synonyms: grunter, hog, squealer, Sus scrofa.
Roget 366:
animal,
animal kingdom;
fauna;
brute creation.
beast,
brute,
creature,
critter [U.S.];
wight,
created being;
creeping thing,
living thing;
dumb animal,
dumb creature;
zoophyte.
[major divisions of animals]
mammal,
bird,
reptile,
amphibian,
fish,
crustacean,
shellfish,
mollusk,
worm,
insect,
arthropod,
microbe.
[microscopic animals]
microbe,
animalcule
etc.
193.
[reptiles]
alligator,
crocodile;
saurian;
dinosaur
(extinct);
snake,
serpent,
viper,
eft;
asp,
aspick†.
[amphibians]
frog,
toad.
[fishes]
trout,
bass,
tuna,
muskelunge,
sailfish,
sardine,
mackerel.
[insects]
ant,
mosquito,
bee,
honeybee.
[arthropods]
tardigrade,
spider.
[classification by number of feet]
biped,
quadruped;
[web-footed animal]
webfoot.
flocks and herds,
live stock;
domestic animals,
wild animals;
game,
ferae naturae [Lat.];
beasts of the field,
fowls of the air,
denizens of the sea;
black game,
black grouse;
blackcock†,
duck,
grouse,
plover,
rail,
snipe.
[domesticated mammals]
horse
etc.
(beast of burden)
271;
cattle,
kine†,
ox;
bull,
bullock;
cow,
milch cow,
calf,
heifer,
shorthorn;
sheep;
lamb,
lambkin†;
ewe,
ram,
tup;
pig,
swine,
boar,
hog,
sow;
steer,
stot†;
tag,
teg†;
bison,
buffalo,
yak,
zebu,
dog,
cat.
[dogs]
dog,
hound;
pup,
puppy;
whelp,
cur,
mongrel;
house dog,
watch dog,
sheep dog,
shepherd's dog,
sporting dog,
fancy dog,
lap dog,
toy dog,
bull dog,
badger dog;
mastiff;
blood hound,
grey hound,
stag hound,
deer hound,
fox hound,
otter hound;
harrier,
beagle,
spaniel,
pointer,
setter,
retriever;
Newfoundland;
water dog,
water spaniel;
pug,
poodle;
turnspit;
terrier;
fox terrier,
Skye terrier;
Dandie Dinmont;
collie.
[cats--generally]
feline,
puss,
pussy;
grimalkin†;
gib cat,
tom cat.
[wild mammals]
fox,
Reynard,
vixen,
stag,
deer,
hart,
buck,
doe,
roe;
caribou,
coyote,
elk,
moose,
musk ox,
sambar†.
[birds]
bird;
poultry,
fowl,
cock,
hen,
chicken,
chanticleer,
partlet†,
rooster,
dunghill cock,
barn door fowl;
feathered tribes,
feathered songster;
singing bird,
dicky bird;
canary,
warbler;
finch;
aberdevine†,
cushat†,
cygnet,
ringdove†,
siskin,
swan,
wood pigeon.
[undesirable animals]
vermin,
varmint [U.S.],
pest.
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Roget 846:
ugliness
etc.
adj.;
deformity,
inelegance;
acomia†;
disfigurement
etc.
(blemish)
848;
want of symmetry,
inconcinnity†;
distortion
etc.
243;
squalor
etc.
(uncleanness)
653.
forbidding countenance,
vinegar aspect,
hanging look,
wry face,
spretae injuria formae"
[Vergil].
[person who is ugly]
eyesore,
object,
witch,
hag,
figure,
sight,
fright;
monster;
dog [Coll.],
woofer [Coll.],
pig [Coll.];
octopus,
specter,
scarecrow,
harridan†,
satyr†,
toad,
monkey,
baboon,
Caliban,
Aesop†,
monstrum horrendum informe ingens cui lumen monstrum horrendum informe ingens cui lumen ademptum [Lat.]
[Vergil].
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Roget 954a:
Sybarite,
voluptuary,
Sardanaphalus,
man of pleasure,
carpet knight;
epicure,
epicurean,
gourmet,
gourmand;
pig,
hog;
votary of Epicurus,
swine of Epicurus;
sensualist;
Heliogabalus;
free liver,
hard liver;
libertine
etc.
962;
hedonist;
tragalist†.
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Dutch: krulstaart, varken, zwijn
Polish: świnia domowa, świnia
2 pig
A coarse obnoxious person.
synonyms: slob, sloven, slovenly person.
Dutch: slons, luiaard, smeerlap, viezerik
Polish: fleja, flejtuch, świnia, prosię, świntuch, prosiak
3 pig
A person regarded as greedy and pig-like.
synonym: hog.
Dutch: wout
Polish: zgniłek, świnia
4 pig
Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
synonyms: bull, cop, copper, fuzz.
Dutch: agent, champetter, diender, flic, flik, gerechtsdienaar, glimmerik, juut, klabak, koddebeier, pandoer, politie, politieagent, politieambtenaar, politiebeambte, sjouter, smeris, tuut, veldwachter, wout ... show more
Polish: glina, pies, gliniarz
5 pig
Mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast.
synonym: pig bed.
Dutch: juut, smeris, varken, zandbed, zwijn
6 pig
A crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace.
Dutch: zwijn, smeerlap
verb
1 pig
Live like a pig, in squalor.
synonym: pig it.
2 pig
Eat greedily.
synonyms: devour, guttle, raven.
Dutch: vreten, schransen, binnenspelen, buffelen, bunkeren, metselen, opschransen, opschrokken, opslokken, schrokken, slokken, verslinden, verzwelgen, zwelgen ... show more
3 pig
Give birth to (piglets).
synonym: farrow.
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