hog
/hɔɡ/ verb C2- To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others. · Hey! Quit hogging all the blankets.
- To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
- (of a hedge) to trim up closely
- To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
- To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
- To take a rough cut, quickly removing material; to hog out.
He/she/it hogs · Past hogged · Past participle hogged · -ing form hogging
Verb forms
- Base form
- hog
- He/she/it
- hogs
- Past
- hogged
- Past participle
- hogged
- -ing form
- hogging
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