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pig

noun verb

Domestic swine

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Word Facts

Word length
3
Starts with
P
Ends with
G
Contains
I
Scrabble score
6
CEFR level
A1

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈpɪɡ

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Definitions

noun

  1. Domestic swine

noun

  1. A crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace

noun

  1. Mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast

noun

  1. Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

noun

  1. A person regarded as greedy and pig-like

noun

  1. A coarse obnoxious person

verb

  1. Give birth to (piglets)

    “Sows farrow”

verb

  1. Eat greedily

    “He devoured three sandwiches”

verb

  1. Live like a pig, in squalor

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Example Sentences

Sows farrow
He devoured three sandwiches

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