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, adjectiveWords nearby swine
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, nounWord 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.