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# hogg

noun (Hogg — a name)

«hogg» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (a name) Hogg is a surname, a family name used in Scotland and England, for example the Scottish writer James Hogg. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hogg/#m1)
2. (spelling) It is not the ordinary word «hog» (a pig), which has one g. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hogg/#m2)

### In the lessons

In lessons it appears only as somebody's name. Nothing else is known about the person from the word itself.

### Examples

- Mrs Hogg is our new class teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hogg/#x1)
- James Hogg was a Scottish poet called «the Ettrick Shepherd». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hogg/#x2)
- The letter was signed «T. Hogg». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hogg/#x3)
- Is it Hogg with two g's? Yes, H-O-G-G. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hogg/#x4)

### Note

A name, written with a capital H. Not an English common word. Do not confuse with «hog» (a pig, or to keep something greedily for yourself).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hogg» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hogg/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hogg» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hogg.html) on Mova free.