Definition of "farrow" [far•row]

• A litter of pigs. (noun)
• To give birth to (a litter of pigs). (verb-transitive)
• To produce a litter of pigs. (verb-intransitive)
• Not pregnant. Used of a cow. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "His earlier description of Ireland, "the old sow that eats her farrow," is acted out in the Circe's disorderly house, where men are figuratively turned into swine."
• "In my book Animal Factory, I write about how farmers in Sweden have developed humane ways for pregnant sows to gestate and "farrow" -- or give birth and nurse their young."
• "With Sy being a vegetarian and Howard Jewish, the pig was sure to live a long life unlike his farrow."