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| Main Entry: |
hog
 [hawg, hog] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pig |
| Synonyms: | boar, cob roller, oinker, piggy, piglet, porker, razorback, shoat, sow, swine, warthog |
| Notes: | swine is the collective (and ancestral) term for domesticated pigs and hogs; a hog is 120 pounds and ready for market, a pig is immature and weighs less |
| Main Entry: | hog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be selfish |
| Synonyms: | be greedy, gobble up, grab all of, have all to oneself, monopolize |
| Main Entry: | engross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold one's attention |
| Synonyms: | absorb, apply, arrest, assimilate, attract, be hung, become lost, bewitch, busy, captivate, consume, corner, engage, engulf, enrapture, enthrall, fascinate, fill, grip, hog, immerse, involve, monopolize, occupy, preoccupy, sew up, soak, take up, up on |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, reject, repulse, turn off |
Example Sentences
- He also loves working with and training his hog hunting dogs.
- As they receded from view, health took centre stage and continued to hog the limelight for almost a year.
- WE had come a long way for a hog killing, but the butcher had chosen that day of all days to have a meltdown.
| Main Entry: | glut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choke; oversupply |
| Synonyms: | burden, clog, cloy, congest, cram, deluge, devour, feast, fill, flood, gorge, hog, inundate, jade, load, make a pig of, overfeed, overload, overstock, overwhelm, pack*, pall, raven, sate, satiate, saturate, stuff, surfeit, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | abstain, diet, fast, moderate, reduce, repress, suppress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glutton |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who overeats |
| Synonyms: | epicure, gorger, gormandizer, gourmand, hefty eater, hog, pig*, sensualist, stuffer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | have |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in possession |
| Synonyms: | accept, acquire, admit, annex, bear, carry, chalk up, compass, corner, enjoy, gain, get, get hands on, get hold of, have in hand, hog, hold, include, keep, land, latch on to, lock up, obtain, occupy, own, pick up, possess, procure, receive, retain, secure, sit on, take, take in, teem with |
| Antonyms: | lack, need, want |
| Main Entry: | monopolize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dominate, control |
| Synonyms: | absorb, acquire, bogart, consume, copyright, corner, corner the market, devour, employ, engross, exclude, exercise control, have, hog, hold, keep to oneself, lock up, manage, own, own exclusively, patent, possess, restrain, sew up, sit on, syndicate, take over, take up, use, utilize |
| Antonyms: | distribute, scatter, share |
| Main Entry: | motorcycle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | motorbike |
| Synonyms: | chopper, dirt bike, enduro, hog, minibike, moped, scooter |
| Main Entry: | pig |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal of swine family |
| Synonyms: | boar, cob roller, hog, piggy, piglet, porker, porky, shoat, sow, swine |
| Notes: | swine is the collective (and ancestral) term for domesticated pigs and hogs; a hog is 120 pounds and ready for market, a pig is immature and weighs less |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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