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.

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, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for swine

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, adjective swinish, adjective swinishly, adverb swinishness, noun

Word Origin for swine

Old English swīn; related to Old Norse svīn, Gothic swein, Latin suīnus relating to swine

Idioms and Phrases with swine

swine

see cast pearls before swine.