swine

[swine]

A swine is a pig or a big ol’ nasty hog. Swine have short legs, thick bodies, and they eat just about anything. If someone acts like a pig, call him a swine.

...

Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog.

Noun
stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals


n.
Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog.


Swine

Swine , n.sing. & pl. [OE. swin, AS. sw'c6n; akin to OFries. & OS. swin, D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. sw'c6n, Icel. sv'c6n, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth. swein; originally a diminutive corresponding to E. sow. See Sow, n.] (Zo'94l.)Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog. "A great herd of swine." Mark v. 11. Swine grass (Bot.), knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare); -- so called because eaten by swine. -- Swine oat (Bot.), a kind of oat sometimes grown for swine. -- Swine's cress (Bot.), a species of cress of the genus Senebiera (S. Coronopus). -- Swine's head, a dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Swine thistle (Bot.), the sow thistle.

Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog.

...

Usage Examples

For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

Misspelled Form

swine, aswine, wswine, eswine, dswine, xswine, zswine, awine, wwine, ewine, dwine, xwine, zwine, sawine, swwine, sewine, sdwine, sxwine, szwine, sqwine, s2wine, s3wine, sewine, sawine, sswine, sqine, s2ine, s3ine, seine, saine, ssine, swqine, sw2ine, sw3ine, sweine, swaine, swsine, swuine, sw8ine, sw9ine, swoine, swjine, swkine, swune, sw8ne, sw9ne, swone, swjne, swkne, swiune, swi8ne, swi9ne, swione, swijne, swikne, swibne, swihne, swijne, swimne, swi ne, swibe, swihe, swije, swime, swi e, swinbe, swinhe, swinje, swinme, swin e, swinwe, swin3e, swin4e, swinre, swinse, swinde, swinw, swin3, swin4, swinr, swins, swind, swinew, swine3, swine4, swiner, swines, swined.

Other Usage Examples

I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women.

Comments


Browse Dictionary