farrow
UK /ˈfæɹəʊ/ US /ˈfæɹoʊ/
name 2noun 1verb 1adj 1
Collocations
2VERB + FARROW
eats, side
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
A litter of piglets.
Aha! I know you, gammer! Hamlet, revenge! The old sow that eats her farrow!
At full speed he ran into a pigsty, where a sow was lying on her side with a farrow of eleven tugging at her.
verb
1
To give birth to (a litter of piglets).
adj
1
Not pregnant; not producing young (not calving) in a given season or year; barren.
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Aha! I know you, gammer! Hamlet, revenge! The old sow that eats her farrow!
Wiktionary02
At full speed he ran into a pigsty, where a sow was lying on her side with a farrow of eleven tugging at her.
Wiktionary03
She is the womb and the tomb: the sow that eats her farrow.
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