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swine
[ swahyn ]
noun
- the domestic hog, Sus scrofa.
- a coarse, gross, or brutishly sensual person.
- a contemptible person.
swine
/ ɲɪ /
noun
- swines a coarse or contemptible person
- swine another name for a pig
Derived Forms
- ˈɾԱˌ, adjective
- ˈɾԾԱ, noun
- ˈɾԾ, adverb
- ˈɾԾ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ɾԱl adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of swine1
Idioms and Phrases
see cast pearls before swine .Example Sentences
Human respiratory physiology is more like that of swines than felines.
When patients are positive on a general flu test — a common diagnostic that indicates human, swine, or bird flu — clinics should probe more deeply, Nuzzo said.
“African swine fever is spreading all over Europe,” said Michal Haring, a biologist from Slovakia, “and the wolf is a very good ‘doctor’ for this, suppressing the disease.
Oregon state and federal officials confirmed Wednesday that H5N1 bird flu was found in a pig living Crook County — the first such swine infection reported in the current outbreak.
Mr Bradshaw said African swine fever "could spread very rapidly through our pig herd and have huge, huge implications".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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