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Definition of 'Swine' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) swine
any stout artiodactyl mammal of the Old World family Suidae, having a disklike snout and a thick hide usu. sparsely covered with coarse hair.

2.  swine
the domestic hog,
Sus scrofa.

3.  swine
a coarse, gross, or brutishly sensual person.

4.  swine
a contemptible person.

Etymology:  (1895–1900)

Definition of 'Swine' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) swine
stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals


Definition of 'Swine' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) 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


Definition of 'Swine' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  Swine
Any of various animals that constitute the family Suidae and comprise stout-bodied, short-legged omnivorous mammals with thick skin, usually covered with coarse bristles, a rather long mobile snout, and small tail. Included are the genera Babyrousa, Phacochoerus (wart hogs), and Sus, the latter containing the domestic pig (see SUS SCROFA).


Translation of 'Swine' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (pluralswine) an old word for a pig.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vark Arabic flag Arabic: خِنْزير Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: свиня
Brazilian flag Brazilian: porco Czech flag Czech: prase German flag German: das Schwein
Danish flag Danish: svin Greek flag Greek: χοίρος (αρχ.) Spanish flag Spanish: cerdo
Estonian flag Estonian: siga Farsi flag Farsi: خوك Finnish flag Finnish: sika
French flag French: pourceau Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֲזִיר Hindi flag Hindi: सूअर
Croatian flag Croatian: svinja, krme Hungarian flag Hungarian: disznó Indonesian flag Indonesian: babi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: svín Italian flag Italian: porco Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 돼지 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kiaulė Latvian flag Latvian: cūka
Malay flag Malay: babi Dutch flag Dutch: zwijn Norwegian flag Norwegian: gris, svin
Polish flag Polish: świnia, drań Persian flag Persian: خوك Pashto flag Pashto: خوګ، سرکوزی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: porco Romanian flag Romanian: porc Russian flag Russian: свинья
Slovak flag Slovak: prasa Slovenian flag Slovenian: svinja Serbian flag Serbian: svinja
Swedish flag Swedish: svin Thai flag Thai: หมู Turkish flag Turkish: domuz
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (古)豬 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: свиня, свині Urdu flag Urdu: سؤر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: con heo Chinese flag Chinese: (古)猪

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