hog vs moderate

hog

verb
  • To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others. 

  • To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly. 

  • To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. 

  • To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag). 

  • To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel. 

noun
  • An adult swine (contrasted with a pig, a young swine). 

  • the effect of the middle of the hull of a ship rising while the ends droop 

  • A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. 

  • A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson. 

  • A young sheep that has not been shorn. 

  • A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made. 

  • Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar. 

  • A greedy person or thing; one who refuses to share. 

  • A quahog (clam) 

moderate

verb
  • To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise 

  • To become less excessive 

  • To reduce the excessiveness of (something) 

  • To preside over (something) as a moderator 

  • To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission). 

adj
  • Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative. 

  • Average priced; standard-deal 

  • more than mild, less than severe 

  • Mediocre 

  • Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle. 

  • Not excessive; acting in moderation 

noun
  • One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics. 

  • One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843. 

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