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pig

pig

633 1.0
A farm animal with a thick body, short legs, and a long nose raised for meat
  • noun
  • /pɪg/
: cerdo
  • Black pudding is pig's blood, pig fat and oats.
  • raise pigs
  • pig farms
  • pigs and pork

A week old flower, a pig brought into slaughter.

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Examples

  • Jay and I used to always feed the leftover bones and things to that big pig you guys had.

  • She sold one of her pigs.

  • So this is a pig, not a dog.

  • Within one day thereafter, the disease had spread to pigs in all other age groups.

    Academic text (2015)
  • PEDV infection was confirmed in a pig herd in Germany in 2014.

    Academic text (2015)
  • He's got nothing to prove by running the 40 for cameras like he's some kind of prize pig at a state fair.

  • We know cats, dogs, cows, pigs, goats, sheep.

  • Clinicians should consider S. suis infection in areas where pig exposure is common.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The first cases occurred after new feeder pigs from a large piglet producer were brought onto the farm.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Farmers usually raise a pig for its meat and other products like bacon.

Synonyms

hog
vspig
85 1.0

A large pig kept on a farm for meat

is the general term for domesticated animals kept for meat and other products
swine
vspig
45 3.2

A farm animal like a pig that is raised for meat

is the common everyday term for the domesticated mammal kept for meat
porker
vspig
5 7.0

A pig raised to be sold for meat

is the general term for the domesticated mammal not only fattened ones
grunter
vspig
1 8.2

A farm pig that makes short low noises

stresses the animal's role for meat and products rather than noisy trait

Idioms

to eat like a pig
  • Offensive
5 7.8

To eat in a very messy and greedy way

to be a pig
  • Offensive
2 8.8

To take more than your fair share of food or things

1 8.4

To make small changes to something bad so it looks better without fixing the real problem

1 9.3

To argue with someone who will not listen and waste your time

1 9.9

To buy something without checking it first and risk being cheated

to act like a pig
  • Offensive
1 8.0

To behave in a greedy and messy way, often when eating with others

1 8.2

Feeling very happy and content

To eat or drink too much

in pig
  • UK
9.9

A female pig that is pregnant and carrying piglets

Compounds

45 2.3

A small, furry animal with short legs and almost no tail often kept as a pet

guinea pig
  • Informal
34 3.5

A person who takes part in an experiment so others can see the results

8 1.4

A place where people keep and raise pigs for meat

7 2.1

A small sausage wrapped in dough and baked as a snack

4 6.6

A very young pig that still drinks its mother's milk, often cooked whole for roasting

pig face
  • Informal
3 9.3

A silly face that looks like a pig to make people laugh

pig iron
  • Specialized
2 4.9

People pour hot iron from a furnace into bars to be made into steel later

long pig
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Human flesh that some people eat as food

pig pile
  • Informal
1 6.7

A playful heap of people on top of each other

1 8.2

A young pig that still drinks its mother's milk

sea pig
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A deep-sea animal that looks like a fat sea cucumber and crawls on the ocean floor

pig-sick
  • Informal
1 9.8

Very ill or very fed up with something

bush pig
  • South African
1 8.0

A wild pig from Africa with rough hair that lives in many habitats

1 3.9

About the size of a pig

pig lead
  • Specialized
1 9.3

Blocks of lead made for storage or moving

cinder pig
  • Jargon
9.9

Iron that has a lot of waste material and is poor for making steel

9.9

To eat the body of another person as food

mine pig
  • Archaic
9.7

Pure iron made directly from iron ore without recycled metal

pig bed
  • Specialized
9.9

A sand bed that shapes hot liquid iron into bars

pig laurel
  • Specialized
9.9

A small bush with narrow leaves and red flowers that is poisonous to young farm animals

pig-sticking
  • Archaic
9.9

An activity of hunting wild pigs using long spears

How Young

piglet
21 1.0
pig
633 1.0
hog
85 1.0

Surface Forms

pig singular
pigs plural

Etymology

Pig is a very old English word for the farm animal kept for meat and other products, and it gives us the word piglet, which is 'a small pig'.