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Definition: Farrowing |
FarrowingNoun1. The production of a litter of pigs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "farrowing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references) |
Synonym: FarrowingSynonym: farrow (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Farrowing |
| Specialty definitions using "farrowing": farrowing sow ♦ HOG-CONFINEMENT-SYSTEM MANAGER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "farrowing": Farfow. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | At Texas Tech University, research assistants Anna Johnson and Harold Rachuonyo observe the behavior of a sow and her litter inside a farrowing hut. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Farrowing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 77.78% of the time. "Farrowing" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 77.78% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (singular) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "farrowing": farrowing sow. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
farrowing crate | 10 |
farrowing | 8 |
farrowing sows | 3 |
farrowing house | 3 |
farrowing sow | 2 |
farrowing pig | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "farrowing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 产猪崽 (Farrowed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | faresti (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail), farekasse (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail), rækværk (balustrade, bridge-rail, farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail, rail, railing), kælvebås (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail), et hundyr fra perinatalperiode til fravænning af pattegrisene (farrowing sow, nursing sow, suckling sow), diegivende so (farrowing sow, nursing sow, suckling sow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zogende zeug (farrowing sow, nursing sow, suckling sow), kraamvoerhok (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail), kraamhok (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail), biggenhok (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | imettävä emakko (farrowing sow, nursing sow, suckling sow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | truie nourrice (farrowing sow), truie en lactation (farrowing sow), truie allaitante (farrowing sow), loge pour mise-bas (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail), case de mise-bas (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail), cage de parturition (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ferkelnd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κλωβός τοκετού (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail), γουρούνα σε περίοδο θηλασμού (farrowing sow, nursing sow, suckling sow), θηλάζουσα θήλεια χοίρου (farrowing sow, nursing sow, suckling sow), θάλαμος τοκετού (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | stalla da parto (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail), scrofa in lattazione (farrowing sow, nursing sow, suckling sow), scrofa in allattamento (farrowing sow, nursing sow, suckling sow), sala da parto (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail), posta da parto (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arrowingfay porca em lactação (farrowing sow, nursing sow, suckling sow), gaiola de parto (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail), compartimento de parto (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail). (various references) paridero (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail), paridera (birth, farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, parturition, pig guard rail), cerda nodriza (farrowing sow, nursing sow, suckling sow), cerda lactante (farrowing sow, nursing sow, suckling sow), cerda en lactacion (farrowing sow, nursing sow, suckling sow), celda de gestación y parto (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail), caseta de maternidad (farrowing crate, farrowing pen, farrowing rail, guard rail, maternity pen, pig guard rail). (various references) digivande sugga (farrowing sow, nursing sow, suckling sow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "farrowing" (pronounced fa"rō'ing) |
| 4 | -r ō' i ng | outgrowing, overthrowing. |
| 3 | -ō' i ng | churchgoing, elbowing, glassblowing, moviegoing, oceangoing, ongoing, outgoing, overflowing, seagoing, tiptoeing, torpedoing, winnowing. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-g-i-n-o-r-r-w" | |
-1 letter: arrowing. | |
-2 letters: roaring, warring. | |
-3 letters: faring, farrow, garron, narrow, oaring, onagri, origan, raring, rowing, waring. | |
-4 letters: argon, arrow, awing, fagin, friar, frown, ganof, garni, giron, gnarr, gonia, gonif, gowan, grain, groan, groin, grown, infra, noria, orang, organ, owing, rawin, rigor, rowan, wagon, wigan, wirra, wrang, wring, wrong. | |
-5 letters: agin, agio, agon, airn, fain, fair, fang. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-g-i-n-o-r-r-w" | |
+1 letter: forwarding. | |
+2 letters: forewarning, forswearing. | |
+3 letters: foreswearing. | |
+4 letters: waterproofing. | |
+5 letters: waterproofings. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 72 72 6F 77 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- .-. .-. --- .--. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01110010 01110010 01101111 01110111 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a r r o w i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0072 0072 006F 0077 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)406784848189758073 |
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