| Main Entry: | hog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be selfish |
Synonyms: |
be greedy, gobble up, grab all of, have all to oneself, monopolize |
| Notes: | swine is the collective (and ancestral) term for domesticated pigs and hogs; a hog is 120 pounds and ready for market, a pig is immature and weighs less |
| Main Entry: | covetous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | greedy; very desirous |
Synonyms: |
acquisitive, avaricious, avid, close-fisted, eager, ensurient, envious, gluttonous, grabby, grasping, green-eyed, grudging, hogging, itchy, jealous, keen, mercenary, piggish, prehensile, rapacious, ravenous, selfish, swinish, voracious, yearning |
Antonyms: |
benevolent, generous, giving |
| Main Entry: | engross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold one's attention |
Synonyms: |
absorb, apply, arrest, assimilate, attract, be hung, become lost, bewitch, busy, captivate, consume, corner, engage, engulf, enrapture, enthrall, fascinate, fill, grip, hog, immerse, involve, monopolize, occupy, preoccupy, sew up, soak, take up, up on |
Antonyms: |
forget, ignore, reject, repulse, turn off |
| Main Entry: | glut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choke; oversupply |
Synonyms: |
burden, clog, cloy, congest, cram, deluge, devour, feast, fill, flood, gorge, hog, inundate, jade, load, make a pig of, overfeed, overload, overstock, overwhelm, pack*, pall, raven, sate, satiate, saturate, stuff, surfeit, wolf* |
Antonyms: |
abstain, diet, fast, moderate, reduce, repress, suppress |
| Main Entry: | have |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in possession |
Synonyms: |
accept, acquire, admit, annex, bear, carry, chalk up, compass, corner, enjoy, gain, get, get hands on, get hold of, have in hand, hog, hold, include, keep, land, latch on to, lock up, obtain, occupy, own, pick up, possess, procure, receive, retain, secure, sit on, take, take in, teem with |
Antonyms: |
lack, need, want |
| Main Entry: | monopolize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dominate, control |
Synonyms: |
absorb, acquire, bogart, consume, copyright, corner, corner the market, devour, employ, engross, exclude, exercise control, have, hog, hold, keep to oneself, lock up, manage, own, own exclusively, patent, possess, restrain, sew up, sit on, syndicate, take over, take up, use, utilize |
Antonyms: |
distribute, scatter, share |
| Main Entry: | possess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have or obtain |
Synonyms: |
acquire, be blessed with, be born with, be endowed with, bear, carry, control, corner the market, corner*, dominate, enjoy, get hands on, get hold of, grab, have to name, hog, hold, latch on to, lock up, maintain, occupy, own, retain, seize, sit on, take over, take possession |
Antonyms: |
dispossess, lose, miss, not have |