Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - hog
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Hog
hog
~1 n 1 especially AmE a pig, especially a fat one for eating 2 a male pig that is kept for meat (- compare boar, sow2) 3 informal a person who eats too much (You greedy hog!) 4 go the whole hog to do something thoroughly (Why don't we go the whole hog and get wine?) 5 go hog wild AmE informal to suddenly do a lot of some activity that you do not usually do (- see also road hog) - hoggish adj ~2 v hogged, hogging informal to keep or use all of something (Keith's been hogging the bathroom all morning. | hog the road (=drive badly so that you take up too much space))
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(hogs, hogging, hogged) 1. A hog is a pig. In British English, hog usually refers to a large male pig that has been castrated, but in American English it can refer to any kind of pig. N-COUNT 2. If you hog something, you take all of it in a greedy or impolite way. (INFORMAL) Have you done hogging the bathroom?... VERB: V n 3. see also road hog 4. If you go the whole hog, you do something bold or extravagant in the most complete way possible. (INFORMAL) Well, I thought, I’ve already lost half my job, I might as well go the whole hog and lose it completely. PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun (plural ~s; also ~) Etymology: Middle English ~ge, from Old English ~g Date: 14th century 1. a domestic swine especially when weighing more than 120 pounds (54 kilograms); broadly any of various wild and domestic swine 2. (usually ~g) British a young unshorn sheep; also wool from such a sheep 3. a. a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person b. one that uses something to excess old cars that are gas ~s II. verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: 1769 transitive verb 1. to cut (a horse's mane) short ; roach 2. to cause to arch 3. to take in excess of one's due ~ the credit 4. to tear up or shred (as waste wood) into bits by machine intransitive verb to become curved upward in the middle — used of a ship's bottom or keel ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a domesticated pig, esp. a castrated male reared for slaughter. b any of several other pigs of the family Suidae, e.g. a wart-hog. 2 colloq. a greedy person. 3 (also hogg) Brit. dial. a young sheep before the first shearing. --v. (hogged, hogging) 1 tr. colloq. take greedily; hoard selfishly. 2 tr. & intr. raise (the back), or rise in an arch in the centre. Phrases and idioms go the whole hog colloq. do something completely or thoroughly. hog-tie US 1 secure by fastening the hands and feet or all four feet together. 2 restrain, impede. Derivatives hogger n. hoggery n. hoggish adj. hoggishly adv. hoggishness n. hoglike adj. Etymology: OE hogg, hocg, perh. of Celt. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1) рубительная машина; дробилка для измельчения отходов (лесопиления) в щепу 2) мешалка (в черпальном чане) 3) выгиб; строительный подъём выгибать(ся); обеспечивать строительный подъём 4) локомотив 5) искривление; прогиб 6) приспособление для очистки; металлическая щётка - bark hog - belt-fed hog - hammer hog - hopper hog - mud hog - sand hog - veneer hog - waste-wood hog ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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выгиб; строительный подъём металлическая щётка дробилка для древесных отходов; рубильная машина sewer hog ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1) свинья; свинья, кабан (Sus); pl свиньи, свиные (Suidae) 2) боров 3) молодая овца – African river hog – bearded hog – earth hog – European wild hog – giant forest hog – ground hog – herring hog – horned hog – musk hog – pygmy hog – river hog – wart hog – wild hog ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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transport. abbr. Harley Owner's Group airport code Holguin, Cuba chemis. abbr. High Osmolarity Glycerol funny abbr. Hippies On Grunge adult abbr. Hot Old Guy comp. assem. abbr. Hundreds Of Goofs sport abbr. Hands Of Grace sport abbr. Hand Of God sport abbr. House Of God religion abbr. Hells Outcast Gods firm name abbr. House Of Graphics firm name abbr. House Of Guitars ...English abbreviation dictionary
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See: EAT (LIVE) HIGH ON THE HOG or EAT (LIVE) HIGH OFF THE HOG, GO THE WHOLE HOG or GO WHOLE HOG, ROAD HOG. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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- O.E. hogg "young pig," also used by stockmen for "young sheep" and for "horse older than one year," suggesting the original sense had something to do with an age, not a type of animal. Possibly of Celtic origin. Sense of "gluttonous person" is first recorded c.1400. The verb meaning "to appropriate greedily" is U.S. slang from 1884. Hogwash was originally slops fed to pigs; metaphoric sense is 17c. HOGAN - "Navaho Indian dwelling," 1871, Amer.Eng. from Athapaskan (Navaho) hoghan "dwelling, house." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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