hog
[hɒg]
n. 猪, 贪婪者, 象猪般

vt. (使)拱起

vi. (使)拱起

[] 活猪



hog
hogged, hogging
[ noun ]

1. a person regarded as greedy and pig-like

<noun.person>

2. a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared

<noun.animal>

3. domestic swine

<noun.animal>

[ verb ]

1. take greedily; take more than one's share

<verb.possession>

Hog \Hog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hogged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hogging}.]
1. To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a
horse. --Smart.

2. (Naut.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.


Hog \Hog\, v. i. (Naut.)
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.


Hog \Hog\ (h[o^]g), n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and
meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow,
Armor. houc'h, hoc'h. Cf. {Haggis}, {Hogget}, and
{Hoggerel}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Sus}, and allied
genera of {Suid[ae]}; esp., the domesticated varieties of
{Sus scrofa}, kept for their fat and meat, called,
respectively, {lard} and {pork}; swine; porker;
specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.

Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern
Europe, are thought to have been derived from {Sus
Indicus}.

2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.]

3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.]

4. (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a
ship's bottom under water. --Totten.

5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp
of which paper is made.

{Bush hog}, {Ground hog}, etc.. See under {Bush}, {Ground},
etc.

{Hog caterpillar} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the green
grapevine sphinx; -- so called because the head and first
three segments are much smaller than those behind them, so
as to make a resemblance to a hog's snout. See {Hawk
moth}.

{Hog cholera}, an epidemic contagious fever of swine,
attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance
on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a
scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one
to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. --Law
(Farmer's Veter. Adviser.)

{Hog deer} (Zo["o]l.), the axis deer.

{Hog gum} (Bot.), West Indian tree ({Symphonia globulifera}),
yielding an aromatic gum.

{Hog of wool}, the trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep
of the second year.

{Hog peanut} (Bot.), a kind of earth pea.

{Hog plum} (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus {Spondias}
({Spondias lutea}), with fruit somewhat resembling plums,
but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies.


{Hog's bean} (Bot.), the plant henbane.

{Hog's bread}.(Bot.) See {Sow bread}.

{Hog's fennel}. (Bot.) See under {Fennel}.

{Mexican hog} (Zo["o]l.), the peccary.

{Water hog}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Capybara}.