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- Dictionaryswine/swīn/
noun
- 1. a pig: archaic "a contagious viral disease of animals that primarily affects swine"
- 2. a contemptible or unpleasant person: informal, derogatory "what an arrogant, unfeeling swine!"
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The pig (Sus domesticus), also called swine (pl.: swine) or hog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is named the domestic pig when distinguishing it from other members of the genus Sus. It is considered a subspecies of Sus scrofa (the wild boar or Eurasian boar) by some authorities, but as a distinct species by others.
The meaning of SWINE is any of various stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous artiodactyl mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and a long flexible snout; especially : a domesticated one descended from the wild boar. How to use swine in a sentence.
SWINE definition: 1. a person who you consider to be extremely unpleasant and unkind: 2. a pig 3. a person who you…. Learn more.
Swine definition: 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. See examples of SWINE used in a sentence.
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.
1. countable noun. If you call someone a swine, you dislike them or think that they are a bad person, usually because they have behaved unpleasantly towards you. [informal, disapproval] 2. countable noun. A swine is a pig. [technical, old-fashioned] ...imports of live swine from Canada. ...pigs with swine fever. 3. to cast pearls before swine.
In similes, comparisons, and figurative contexts in a which a person is described as or likened to a pig, typically with reference to negative characteristics traditionally associated with pigs, such as greed, laziness, uncleanliness, lasciviousness, etc. Cf. swine-drunkadj., swine-likeadj. eOE.
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.
Definition of swine noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you call someone a swine, you dislike them or think that they are a bad person, usually because they have behaved unpleasantly toward you.
