What is the meaning of pig?

noun

  • Domestic swine.
  • A coarse obnoxious person.
  • A person regarded as greedy and pig-like.
  • Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
  • Mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast.
  • A crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace.

verb

  • Live like a pig, in squalor.
  • Eat greedily.
    • usage: "he devoured three sandwiches"
  • Give birth.
    • usage: "sows farrow"
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