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swine

 (swīn)
n. pl. swine
1. Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae, having a stout body with thick skin, a short neck, and a movable snout, especially the domesticated pig.
2. A person regarded as contemptible or disgusting.

[Middle English, from Old English swīn; see sū- in Indo-European roots.]
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swine

(swaɪn)
npl swinespl swine
1. a coarse or contemptible person
2. (Animals) another name for a pig
[Old English swīn; related to Old Norse svīn, Gothic swein, Latin suīnus relating to swine]
ˈswineˌlike adj
ˈswinish adj
ˈswinishly adv
ˈswinishness n
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swine

(swaɪn)

n., pl. swine.
1. any stout artiodactyl mammal of the Old World family Suidae, having a disklike snout and a thick hide usu. sparsely covered with coarse hair. Compare hog, pig, wild boar.
2. the domestic hog, Sus scrofa.
3. a coarse, gross, or brutishly sensual person.
4. a contemptible person.
[before 900; Old English swīn, c. Old High German swīn, Old Norse svīn, Gothic swein hog, Latin suīnus (adj.) porcine; akin to sow2]
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swine

  • gruntle - Can be used for swine, meaning "to make a little grunt."
  • pig - Originally meant just "young pig" until the 16th century—the word in Old and Middle English for the animal was swine.
  • swine - The collective (and ancestral) term for domesticated pigs and hogs; a hog is 120 pounds and ready for market, while a pig is immature and weighs less.
  • chat - To call a swine.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.swine - stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animalsswine - stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal, even-toed ungulate - placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
family Suidae, Suidae - pigs; hogs; boars
pig, squealer, Sus scrofa, grunter, hog - domestic swine
boar - an uncastrated male hog
sow - an adult female hog
razorback, razorback hog, razorbacked hog - a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States
boar, Sus scrofa, wild boar - Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
babiroussa, babirusa, babirussa, Babyrousa Babyrussa - Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth
warthog - African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks
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swine

plural noun
Related words
collective nouns herd, sounder, dryft
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Translations
خِنْزيرشَخْص قَذِر
prasesvině
svin
sika
svínsvín, òorpari
cūka
svin

swine

[swaɪn]
A. N
1. (Zool) (pl inv) → cerdo m, puerco m
2. (fig) (= person) → canalla mf, cochino/a m/f, marrano/a m/f
you swine!¡canalla!
what a swine he is!¡es un canalla!
B. CPD swine fever Nfiebre f porcina
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swine

[ˈswaɪn] n
[swine] [ˈswaɪn] (pl) (= pig) → pourceau m, porc m
(= person) → salaud m
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swine

n
pl <-> (old, form)Schwein nt ? pearl2 N
pl <-s> (pej inf: = man) → (gemeiner) Hund (inf); (= woman)gemeine Sau (sl); this translation is a swinediese Übersetzung ist wirklich gemein (inf)

swine

:
swine fever
nSchweinepest f
swineherd
n (old)Schweinehirt(in) m(f)
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swine

[swaɪn] n
a. (fig) (fam!) (person) → porco (fam!)
you swine! → brutto porco!
b. (pl inv) (old) (pig) → maiale m
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

swine

(swain) noun
1. (plural swine) an old word for a pig.
2. (plural swines) an offensive word for a person who behaves in a cruel or disgusting way towards others.
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References in classic literature ?
Thus communed these; while to their lowly dome, The full-fed swine return'd with evening home; Compell'd, reluctant, to the several sties, With din obstreperous, and ungrateful cries.
From what is related of them, I reckon that their favorite diet was pork, and that they had lived upon it until a good part of their physical substance was swine's flesh, and their tempers and dispositions were very much akin to the hog.
The two most formidable Animal Men were my Leopard-man and a creature made of hyena and swine. Larger than these were the three bull-creatures who pulled in the boat.
And also this parable give I unto you: Not a few who meant to cast out their devil, went thereby into the swine themselves.
"Your eminence," replied the abbé, "wastes your politeness on these Flemish swine. Margaritas ante porcos , pearls before swine."
Presently there was a distant blare of military music; it came nearer, still nearer, and soon a noble cavalcade wound into view, glorious with plumed helmets and flashing mail and flaunting banners and rich doublets and horse-cloths and gilded spear- heads; and through the muck and swine, and naked brats, and joyous dogs, and shabby huts, it took its gallant way, and in its wake we followed.
"And how many impenetrable battleships strike terror to the hearts of all Christian swine?" he asked the Imaum of the Ever Victorious Navy.
I am not a swine. I know the drinking game from A to Z, and I have used my judgment in drinking.
For beasts, or birds, take chiefly such as are least subject to diseases, and multiply fastest; as swine, goats, cocks, hens, turkeys, geese, house-doves, and the like.
It was a dark and evil-appearing thing, that hut, not fit for aught better than swine in a civilized land; but for us, who had known the misery of the open boat, it was a snug little habitation.
or swine, or the packing of any of their products, the carcasses or products of which are to become subjects of interstate or foreign commerce, shall make application to the Secretary of Agriculture for inspection of said animals and their products....
`That is your business, old swine's-head,' cried the black galliard.