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Word: Pig
Speech Type: Verb
pɪɡ
gorge oneself with food
Short Definition:gorge oneself with food
Examples:- he'd pigged himself on the last of the food
- we've been pigging ourselves on all the cuisines in LA
(of a sow) give birth to piglets; farrow.
Short Definition:give birth to piglets
operate a pig within an oil or gas pipeline
Short Definition:operate pig within pipeline
Examples:- they will carry out all trenching and pigging
Word: Pig
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: probably from the first element of Old English picbrēd ‘acorn’, literally ‘pig bread’ (i.e. food for pigs)
pɪɡ
an omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept for its meat.
Short Definition:domesticated hoofed mammal
a greedy, dirty, or unpleasant person
Short Definition:greedy, dirty, or unpleasant person
Examples:- I bet he's scoffed them all, greedy pig
a police officer
Short Definition:police officer
Examples:- were the pigs there when the windows were smashed or not?
an oblong mass of iron or lead from a smelting furnace.
Short Definition:oblong mass of iron or lead
a device which fits snugly inside an oil or gas pipeline and is sent through it to clean or test the inside, or to act as a barrier.
Short Definition:device which fits inside pipeline
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