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# hog

«hog» in Mova's school dictionary: **A pig, especially a large one kept for meat (US) or a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a hog, hogs); verb (hog, hogs, hogged, hogging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pig, especially a large one kept for meat (US) or a male pig (UK). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hog/#m1)

2) (informal) A greedy or selfish person: a road hog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hog/#m2)

3) To hog something means to keep it all to yourself and not share: hog the remote. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hog/#m3)

4) Go the whole hog means do something completely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hog/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In farm stories; in everyday and school talk about sharing. Phrases: hog the ball, road hog, go the whole hog, hedgehog, groundhog.

### examples

- The farmer fed the hogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hog/#x1)
- Stop hogging the computer, it's my turn! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hog/#x2)
- He hogged the ball and never passed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hog/#x3)
- A road hog drives in the middle of the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hog/#x4)
- We went the whole hog and had a three-course meal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hog/#x5)
- Groundhog Day is in February in the USA and Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hog/#x6)
- At last he heard something--and there stood the hog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hog/#x7)

### note

Past: hogged (double g). Calling someone a hog is rude. Hedgehog and groundhog are not pigs.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hog» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hog/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.