swine

noun

Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae, having a stout body with thick skin, a short neck, and a movable snout, especially the domesticated pig.

noun

A person regarded as contemptible or disgusting.

noun

An ungulate non-ruminant quadruped, of the family Suidæ in a broad sense; any hog, pig, sow, or boar; in the plural, these animals collectively.

noun

A mean, degraded person; a hoggish individual.

noun

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.

noun

knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare); — so called because eaten by swine.

noun

a kind of oat sometimes grown for swine.

noun

a species of cress of the genus Senebiera (S. Coronopus).

noun

a dolt; a blockhead.

noun

the sow thistle.