| may | | |
| n. (time) | 1. may | the month following April and preceding June. |
| ~ gregorian calendar, new style calendar | the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752. |
| ~ first of may, may 1, may day | observed in many countries to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia and related countries in honor of labor. |
| ~ mother's day | second Sunday in May. |
| ~ armed forces day | the 3rd Saturday in May. |
| ~ decoration day, memorial day | legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war. |
| ~ commonwealth day, empire day, may 24 | British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth. |
| ~ gregorian calendar month | a month in the Gregorian calendar. |
| ~ mid-may | the middle part of May. |
| n. (plant) | 2. crataegus laevigata, crataegus oxycantha, english hawthorn, may, whitethorn | thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America. |
| ~ crataegus, genus crataegus | thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple. |
| ~ haw, hawthorn | a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus. |
| pig | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. grunter, hog, pig, squealer, sus scrofa | domestic swine. |
| ~ swine | stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals. |
| ~ genus sus, sus | type genus of the Suidae. |
| ~ porker | a pig fattened to provide meat. |
| ~ trotter | foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food. |
| ~ porc, pork | meat from a domestic hog or pig. |
| ~ lard | soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog. |
| n. (person) | 2. pig, slob, sloven, slovenly person | a coarse obnoxious person. |
| ~ litter lout, litterbug, litterer | a person who litters public places with refuse. |
| ~ slovenly woman, slut, trollop, slattern | a dirty untidy woman. |
| ~ vulgarian | a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth). |
| n. (person) | 3. hog, pig | a person regarded as greedy and pig-like. |
| ~ selfish person | a person who is unusually selfish. |
| n. (person) | 4. bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig | uncomplimentary terms for a policeman. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ police officer, policeman, officer | a member of a police force.; "it was an accident, officer" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. pig, pig bed | mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast. |
| ~ cast, mold, mould | container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. pig | a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace. |
| ~ block of metal, ingot, metal bar | metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling. |
| v. (stative) | 7. pig, pig it | live like a pig, in squalor. |
| ~ live | lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style.; "we had to live frugally after the war" |
| v. (consumption) | 8. devour, guttle, pig, raven | eat greedily.; "he devoured three sandwiches" |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| v. (body) | 9. farrow, pig | give birth.; "sows farrow" |
| ~ birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have | cause to be born.; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
| pork | | |
| n. (food) | 1. porc, pork | meat from a domestic hog or pig. |
| ~ pig, grunter, squealer, sus scrofa, hog | domestic swine. |
| ~ meat | the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food. |
| ~ cut of pork | cut of meat from a hog or pig. |
| ~ cochon de lait, suckling pig | whole young pig suitable for roasting. |
| ~ pork loin | meat from a loin of pork. |
| ~ salt pork | fat from the back and sides and belly of a hog carcass cured with salt. |
| ~ pigs' feet, pigs' knuckles | feet or knuckles of hogs used as food; pickled or stewed or jellied. |
| n. (possession) | 2. pork, pork barrel | a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents. |
| ~ appropriation | money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose. |
| sloven | | |
| swine | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. swine | stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals. |
| ~ artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate | placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot. |
| ~ family suidae, suidae | pigs; hogs; boars. |
| ~ pig, grunter, squealer, sus scrofa, hog | domestic swine. |
| ~ boar | an uncastrated male hog. |
| ~ sow | an adult female hog. |
| ~ razorback, razorback hog, razorbacked hog | a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States. |
| ~ boar, sus scrofa, wild boar | Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States. |
| ~ babiroussa, babirusa, babirussa, babyrousa babyrussa | Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth. |
| ~ warthog | African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks. |
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