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swine
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swine  (swn)
n. pl. swine
1. Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae, including pigs, hogs, and boars, having a stout body with thick skin, a short neck, and a movable snout.
2. A person regarded as brutish or contemptible.

[Middle English, from Old English swn; see s- in Indo-European roots.]

swine [swaɪn]
n
1. pl swines a coarse or contemptible person
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) pl swine another name for a pig
[Old English swīn; related to Old Norse svīn, Gothic swein, Latin suīnus relating to swine]
swinelike  adj
swinish  adj
swinishly  adv
swinishness  n

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.
  • ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
    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

    swine plural noun
    Related words
    collective nouns herd, sounder, dryft
    Translations
    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

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

    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)

    swine [swaɪn] n
    a. (fig) (fam!) (person) → porco (fam!)
    you swine! → brutto porco!
    b. (pl inv) (old) (pig) → maiale m

    swine
    n swine [swain]
    1 (pluralswine) an old word for a pig. vark خِنْزير свиня prase svin das Schwein χοίρος (αρχ.) cerdo siga خوك sika pourceau חֲזִיר सूअर svinja, krme disznó babi svín porco 돼지 kiaulė cūka babi zwijn gris, svin świnia, drań porco porc свинья prasa svinja svinja svin สุกร domuz (古)豬 свиня, свині سؤر con heo)猪
    2 (pluralswines) an offensive word for a person who behaves in a cruel or disgusting way towards others. vark شَخْص قَذِر прен. свиня svině svin das Schwein γουρούνι (μειωτ.) cerdo, guarro siga خوك صفت sika salaud מְנוּוָל शूकर svinja, prase disznó bangsat svín, þorpari porco, maiale 嫌な奴 비열한 놈, 호색한 kiaulė cūka maki hamun zwijn svin świnia porco netrebnic свинья sviňa svinja svinja svin คนตะกละ domuz, hınzır 下流胚子 свиня, нахаба بے غیرت شخص người đáng ghét


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