noun / verb
hog
HAWG/hɔːɡ/
A domesticated pig commonly raised for meat.
A sturdy hog stands beside a feed trough in its pen.
Etymology
Middle English hogge denoted swine, especially animals reared for slaughter. Its use for young sheep and horses suggests that the word may originally have marked an age category rather than one species.
In context
every time Bob and his sister feed their father's Hogs the animals gain weight a hog gains one pound for every 5 lb of corn he eats
More examples
- The farmer raises hogs for pork.
- Each hog has room to move around the barn.
- Don't hog the couch; leave some room for me.
Forms
hog · hogs · hogged · hogging