to pig
- verb
- /pɪg/
- Specialized
:
parir
- After waiting for weeks, the sow finally pigged and gave birth to eight healthy piglets.
Examples
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The farmer checks to see if his best sow will pig tonight.
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The sow pigs every spring.
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Sheep lamb and sows pig in the spring season.
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The sows pig twice a year on the farm.
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After a long wait, she pigged last night.
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The farmer was pleased when his sow began to pig early in the morning.
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During the spring, sows typically pig as part of their breeding cycle.
Synonyms
∞
6.2
To give birth to a child or produce fruit
5
7.5
To give birth to a group of baby animals at once
3
7.9
To give birth to baby dogs
2
8.1
To give birth to a young horse
1
7.0
To give birth to a young sheep
1
9.9
To give birth to piglets
1
7.0
To give birth to baby cats
1
6.7
To give birth to two young at the same time
To give birth to lambs
To give birth to young animals like a bear or lion
Idioms
- Offensive
1
8.0
To behave in a greedy and messy way, often when eating with others
- Informal
1
8.4
To make small changes to something bad so it looks better without fixing the real problem
- Informal
1
9.9
To buy something without checking it first and risk being cheated
Phrasal Verbs
- Offensive
To live in a very dirty and untidy way in your home without caring about cleaning
Compounds
3
6.6
A very young pig that still drinks its mother's milk, often cooked whole for roasting
- Specialized
1
4.9
People pour hot iron from a furnace into bars to be made into steel later
- Specialized
A small bush with narrow leaves and red flowers that is poisonous to young farm animals
- Specialized
A deep-sea animal that looks like a fat sea cucumber and crawls on the ocean floor
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pig meaning for a sow to give birth comes directly from the animal name, so to pig is to have piglets, just as 'to lamb' means a sheep has lambs.