farrow

noun

/ˈfærəʊ/

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a group of baby pigs that are born together to the same mother synonym litterTopics Animalsc2
an act of giving birth to pigs

Word OriginOld English fearh, færh ‘young pig’, of West Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek porkos and Latin porcus ‘pig’.

verb

/ˈfærəʊ/

[intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they farrow	/ˈfærəʊ/ /ˈfærəʊ/
he / she / it farrows	/ˈfærəʊz/ /ˈfærəʊz/
past simple farrowed	/ˈfærəʊd/ /ˈfærəʊd/
past participle farrowed	/ˈfærəʊd/ /ˈfærəʊd/
-ing form farrowing	/ˈfærəʊɪŋ/ /ˈfærəʊɪŋ/

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(of a female pig) to give birthTopics Animalsc2
Word OriginOld English fearh, færh ‘young pig’, of West Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek porkos and Latin porcus ‘pig’.