Swine
11swine — swīn n any of various stout bodied short legged mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and a long mobile snout esp a domesticated member of a species (Sus scrofa) that occurs wild in the Old World …
12swine — is a normal word for pig in AmE, but in BrE is mostly used either as a collective plural or (more often) informally as a singular or plural to refer contemptuously to a person or thing one objects to …
13swine — ► NOUN 1) (pl. same) formal or N. Amer. a pig. 2) (pl. same or swines) informal a contemptible or disgusting person. DERIVATIVES swinish adjective. ORIGIN Old English, related to SOW(Cf. ↑sower) …
14Swine — Landsat Foto des Swinegebiets Mündung der Swine in die …
15swine — UK [swaɪn] / US noun [countable] Word forms swine : singular swine plural swine 1) a) informal Word forms swine : plural swine or swines an extremely unpleasant or cruel man b) British informal something that is extremely unpleasant or annoying… …
16swine — [[t]swa͟ɪn[/t]] swines (The form swines is used as the plural for meaning 1; swine is used as both the singular and plural for meaning 2.) 1) N COUNT (disapproval) If you call someone a swine, you dislike them or think that they are a bad person …
17swine — See: CAST PEARLS BEFORE SWINE or CAST ONE S PEARLS BEFORE SWINE …
18swine — See: CAST PEARLS BEFORE SWINE or CAST ONE S PEARLS BEFORE SWINE …
19swine — noun (plural swine) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English swīn; akin to Old High German swīn swine, Latin sus more at sow Date: before 12th century 1. any of various stout bodied short legged omnivorous artiodactyl mammals (family Suidae)… …
20swine — swinelike, adj. /swuyn/, n., pl. swine. 1. 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: now of worldwide… …
