SWINE


Meaning of SWINE in English

n. (pl. same)

1. formal or US a pig.

2 colloq. (pl. swine or swines) a a term of contempt or disgust for a person. b a very unpleasant or difficult thing.

Phrases and idioms:

swine fever an intestinal virus disease of pigs.

Derivatives:

swinish adj. (esp. in sense 2). swinishly adv. swinishness n.

Etymology: OE swin f. Gmc

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.