plural swine
1
: 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
2
: a contemptible person
Examples of swine in a Sentence
you really are a swine—you have no sense of decency at all!
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The idea of putting him in a Kevin Smith movie is just pearls before swine.
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 7 June 2025
Less than three decades after Santayana cast that pearl before swine, Congressmen Reed Smoot and Willis Hawley cobbled the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, signed into law by President Herbert Hoover.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2025
Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A.
—Hanna D. Paton, The Conversation, 15 Apr. 2025
Many states have regulations or laws about trapping and releasing feral swine, for example, in order to help reduce the spread.
—Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 7 June 2025
Less than three decades after Santayana cast that pearl before swine, Congressmen Reed Smoot and Willis Hawley cobbled the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, signed into law by President Herbert Hoover.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2025
Both swine and avian influenza are strains of influenza A.
—Hanna D. Paton, The Conversation, 15 Apr. 2025
Many states have regulations or laws about trapping and releasing feral swine, for example, in order to help reduce the spread.
—Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for swine
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“Swine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swine. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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swine
noun
plural swine
1
: any of a family of stout-bodied short-legged hoofed mammals with a thick bristly skin and a long snout
especially
: a domestic animal developed from the European wild boar and raised for meat
2
: a nasty person
Medical Definition
swine
noun
: any of various stout-bodied short-legged mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and a long mobile snout
especially
: a domesticated member of a species (Sus scrofa) that occurs wild in the Old World
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