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Look up: hog

  1. hog
    [n] - a person regarded as greedy and pig-like 2. [n] - a sheep up to the age of one year 3. [n] - domestic swine 4. [v] - take greedily
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. hog
    tendency to arch up or 'log' amidship,resulting in a bending moment which strasses the top members of the vessel in tension and the bottom members in compression Category: Transport • a machine used to convert waste wood into chips Category: Various industries and crafts • Co...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Hog
    Hog noun [ Prob. akin to English hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; confer also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc'h , hoc'h . Confer Haggis , Hogget , and Hoggerel .] 1. (Zoolog...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/51

  4. Hog
    Hog transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hogged ; present participle & verbal noun Hogging .] 1. To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. Sma...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/51

  5. Hog
    Hog intransitive verb (Nautical) To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/51

  6. hog
    1. <zoology> A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidae; especially, the domesticated varieties of S. Scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow. ... The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and part...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. hog
    pig noun domestic swine
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. hog
    verb take greedily; take more than one`s share
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. hog
    hogg noun a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. Hog
    • (n.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. • (n.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship`s bottom under water. • (n.) A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidae; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. HOG
    Higher Order Generator. Device which controls and provides the output waveform for the power supplies which power the Tevatron quadrupole, sextupole, and octupole correction elements.
    Found on http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/operations/acc

  12. Hog
    Hog is slang for a greedy person.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  13. Hog
    Hog is slang for a greedy person.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. hog
    1. Favoured term to describe programs or hardware that seem to eat far more than their share of a system's resources, especially those which noticeably degrade interactive response. *Not* used of programs that are simply extremely large or complex or that are merely painfully slow themselves (see p...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/hog

  15. hog
    • a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
    • a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
    • domestic swine

    Found on

  16. HOG
    Higher Order Generator. Device which controls and provides the output waveform for the power supplies which power the Tevatron quadrupole, sextupole, and octupole correction elements.
    Found on http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/operations/acc

  17. hog
    hog: see swine.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09143

  18. Hog
    Term used to describe growing or aging swine
    Found on http://www.crestcapital.com/tax/pig_farm

  19. Hog
    Hog is an alternative term for a boar or pig. The term is mainly applied in the USA to domestic pigs.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  20. Hog
    In curling, to hog is to play the stone with so little force that it fails to clear the hogscore.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  21. hog
    Any member of the pig family. The river hog (Potamochoerus porcus) lives in Africa, south of the Sahara. Reddish or black, up to 1.3 m/4.2 ft long plus tail, and 90 cm/3 ft at the shoulder, this gregarious animal roots for food in many types of habitat. The giant forest hog (Hylochoerus meinerzthageni) ...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  22. Hog
    Hog Nose Snake (Heterodon sp or Lioheterodon sp)
    Found on http://www.kingsnake.com/articles/Glossa

  23. HOG
    Home Office Guidance
    Found on http://www.met.police.uk/foi/glossary.ht

  24. Hog
    This is a betting game, akin to Defender, but has an added twist.
    Found on http://www.buzzle.com/articles/golf-term

  25. Hog
    Generic term, usually applied to growing swine.
    Found on http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/ag101/por



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