wild — wildly, adv. wildness, n. /wuyld/, adj., wilder, wildest, adv., n. adj. 1. living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese. 2. growing or produced without cultivation or the care of humans, as plants, flowers,… … Universalium
Wild Pigs of the Philippines — Wild pigs in the Philippines = Although the Philippines, unlike its Southeast Asian neighbors, does not have a native population (or endemic subspecies) of the widely distributed Eurasian Wild Boar ( Sus scrofa ), the species from which domestic… … Wikipedia
PIG — (Heb. חֲזִיר, ḥazir). Included in the Pentateuch among the unclean animals prohibited as food is the pig which, although cloven footed, is a nonruminant (Lev. 11:7; Deut. 16:8). It is the sole unclean animal mentioned as possessing these… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Pig — Pig, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[=i]ka.] 1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. Two pigges in a poke. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Any wild species of the genus {Sus}… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pig bed — Pig Pig, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[=i]ka.] 1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. Two pigges in a poke. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Any wild species of the genus… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pig iron — Pig Pig, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[=i]ka.] 1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. Two pigges in a poke. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Any wild species of the genus… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pig yoke — Pig Pig, n. [Cf. D. big, bigge, LG. bigge, also Dan. pige girl, Sw. piga, Icel. p[=i]ka.] 1. The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog. Two pigges in a poke. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Any wild species of the genus… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pig — ► NOUN 1) a domesticated mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout, kept for its meat. 2) a wild animal related to the domestic pig. 3) informal a greedy, dirty, or unpleasant person. 4) informal, derogatory a police officer. 5) an oblong… … English terms dictionary
pig-sticking — pigˈ sticking noun Boar hunting with spears • • • Main Entry: ↑pig * * * ˈpig sticking 7 [pig sticking] noun uncountable the sport of hunting wild pigs with a ↑ … Useful english dictionary
wild boar — noun count a wild pig a. uncount the meat of a wild boar … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wild boar — n a large wild pig with long hair … Dictionary of contemporary English