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Hogged
To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
📖 Definitions of "Hogged"
verb
- 1
To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
"Hey! Quit hogging all the blankets."
- 2
To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
- 3
To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
- 4
To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
verb
- 1
To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel.
adjective
- 1
Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends.
🔄 Synonyms of "Hogged"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| convexnoun | Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere. |
| bulgingnoun | The shape or motion of something that bulges. |
| broken-backed | Having a broken back. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hogged"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| convexverb | (intransitive) To form a convex curve or surface; to become convex. |
| bulgingnoun | The shape or motion of something that bulges. |
| broken-backed | Having a broken back. |
| manenoun | Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion. |
| gibbous | (astronomy, of a celestial body) Having more than half (but not the whole) of its disc illuminated. |
| hawkedverb | Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked. |
| embowed | (heraldry) Bent, curved or arched like a bow. |
| hooked | Addicted; unable to resist or cease doing. |
| humpynoun | A white perch (Morone americana). |
| hook-nosed | Having a hooked or curved nose. |
| haggly | (dialect, obsolete) rough; unevenly cut |
| hackly | (geology) With a Jagged or rough surface. |
| hunchbacked | Having an abnormally curved or hunched back |
| necked | (in combination) Having some specific type of neck or neckline. |
| jagged | Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut. |
| bluff-headed | Having a broad face and gruff manners, especially when not exceptionally clever or assertive. |
| swaybacked | Having a sagged back. |
| hagged | Like a hag; ugly. |
| hoglikenoun | Resembling or characteristic of a hog. |
| knagged | (obsolete) Having protuberances, knobs or knots |
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