Swine Meaning
/swaɪn/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA pig (the animal).
nounA contemptible person (plural swine or swines).
Sentence Examples
It is like casting pearls before swine.
This is like casting pearls before swine.
His great oration was like pearls before swine.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The organic farmer raised healthy ____ on his farm for fresh meat.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old farmer was busy feeding the ____ in the large barn early this morning before the sun rose today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English swyn, swin, from Old English swīn, from Proto-West Germanic *swīn, from Proto-Germanic *swīną, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *suH- (“pig”). Cognates Related to West Frisian swyn, Low German Swien, Dutch zwijn, German Schwein, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish svin, Faroese and Icelandic svín, and more distantly to Polish świnia, Russian свинья́ (svinʹjá), Latin sūinus, Latin sūs, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Persian خوک (xuk).
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The organic farmer raised healthy ____ on his farm for fresh meat.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The old farmer was busy feeding the ____ in the large barn early this morning before the sun rose today.