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pig

Dictionary definition · pig

noun

  1. domestic swine
  2. a coarse obnoxious person
  3. a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
  4. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
  5. mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
  6. a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace

verb

  1. live like a pig, in squalor
  2. eat greedily"he devoured three sandwiches"
  3. give birth to (piglets)"sows farrow"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).