swine
[ swahyn ]
/ swaɪn /
noun, plural swine.
any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products.Compare hog, pig1, wild boar.
the domestic hog, Sus scrofa.
a coarse, gross, or brutishly sensual person.
a contemptible person.
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Origin of swine
before 900; Middle English; Old English swīn; cognate with German Schwein hog, Latin suīnus (adj.) porcine; akin to sow2
OTHER WORDS FROM swine
swine·like, adjectiveWords nearby swine
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British Dictionary definitions for swine
swine
/ (swaɪn) /
noun
plural swines a coarse or contemptible person
plural swine another name for a pig
Derived forms of swine
swinelike, adjectiveswinish, adjectiveswinishly, adverbswinishness, nounWord Origin for swine
Old English swīn; related to Old Norse svīn, Gothic swein, Latin suīnus relating to swine
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Idioms and Phrases with swine
swine
see cast pearls before swine.
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