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hog
noun
    (N Amer, especially US)
    1. A general name for pig.
    2. A castrated boar.
    3. A pig reared specifically for slaughter.
    4. colloq
      A greedy, inconsiderate and often coarse person.
    5. A young sheep or yearling, yet to be shorn.
      Form: hogg (also)
verb hogged, hogging
    1. colloq
      To take, use or occupy something selfishly.
    2. To cut short like a hog's mane.
    tr & intr
    3. To eat in a hoggish manner.
    tr & intr
    4. Especially said of the hull of a ship: to arch or hump like a hog's back.
Derivative: hoggish
adj
    Derivative: hoggishly
    adverb
      Derivative: hoggishness
      noun
        Idiom: go the whole hog
          To carry out or do something completely.
        Idiom: hog it
          To eat greedily.
          To live in an unkempt and slovenly manner.
        Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hogg.




        whole
        noun
          1. All the constituents or components of something.
            Example: He ate the whole of it
            Example: the whole of the time
            Thesaurus: all, everything.
          2. Something complete in itself, especially something consisting of integrated parts.
            Thesaurus: entirety, entity, total, aggregate, lot, unit, Gestalt.
        adj
          1. Comprising all of something; no less than the whole; entire.
            Example: The concert lasted four whole hours
            Example: The whole street heard you
            Thesaurus: complete, full, intact, total, unabridged, uncut, integral, perfect.
          2. In one piece.
            Example: swallowed it whole
          3. Unbroken.
            Example: only two cups left whole
          4. Said of food: processed as little as possible.
          5. colloq
            Huge; vast.
            Example: a whole pile of work to do
          6. old use
            Healthy; well.
            Example: the miracle that made him whole
          7. Said of a sister or brother: having both parents in common.
        adverb
          1. colloq
            Completely; altogether; wholly.
            Example: found a whole new approach
        Derivative: wholeness
        noun
          Idiom: a whole lot
            colloq
            A great deal.
              Example: I feel a whole lot better
          Idiom: as a whole
            In general; taken as a complete group, etc rather than as individuals.
          Idiom: go the whole hog
          Idiom: on the whole
            Considering everything.
          Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hal healthy.



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