Associations to the word «Swine»

Wiktionary

SWINE, noun. (plural swine) Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae.
SWINE, noun. (pejorative) A contemptible person (plural swines).
SWINE, noun. (slang) (derogatory) A police officer; a "pig".
SWINE, noun. (archaic) plural of sow
SWINE FEVER, noun. (pathology) a contagious, usually fatal, disease of pigs, causing fever, skin lesions and convulsions
SWINE FLESH, noun. Alternative form of swineflesh
SWINE FLU, noun. Influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses, which pass from pigs to humans.
SWINE INFLUENZA, noun. (pathology) swine flu

Dictionary definition

SWINE, noun. Stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats