English words for pig: pig, swine, hog, sow, boar

1. Pig ?

Pronunciation: English [p?ɡ] American [p?ɡ]

Interpretation: n. a pig; pork; a pig-like person v. to have a piglet

Example sentence: The ?pig ?rose ?squealing ?and ?bolted ?

The pig suddenly ran off wildly with a wail.

2. Swine ?

Pronunciation: 英 [swa?n] 美 [swa?n]

Interpretation: n. a pig; an unpleasant person or thing

Example sentence: She lived in that gloomy tenement, a place not fit for swine.

She lived in that gloomy tenement, a place not fit for swine.

3. hog ?

Pronunciation: English [h?ɡ] American [h?ɡ]

Interpretation: n. a pig; a greedy person; a hog-like person

v. <slang> to seize greedily; to take exclusively

Example sentences: We?picked?the?corns?by?hand?and?we?fed?it?to?the? hogs?and?the?cows?

We broke off the corn by hand and fed it to the hogs and cows.

4. sow ?

Pronunciation: English [sa?] American [sa?]

Interpretation: v. to sow; to scatter n. sow

Example sentence: To?help?with planting,?the?farmer?taught?his?sow?to?sow.?

This farmer taught his big sow to plant seeds to help with plowing.

5. boar ?

Pronunciation: 英 [b?(r)] 美 [b?r]

Interpretation: n. wild boar; boar

Example sentence: We?know?that?there?are?wild?boars?on?the?island.?

We know there are wild boars on this island.