any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products.Compare hog, pig1, wild boar.
the domestic hog, Sus scrofa.
a coarse, gross, or brutishly sensual person.
a contemptible person.
Origin of swine
before 900; Middle English; Old English swīn; cognate with German Schwein hog, Latin suīnus (adj.) porcine; akin to sow2
Because the swine flu was not nearly as lethal as the novel coronavirus, there was not nearly as much need to halt its spread.
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Based in Australia, the company is proud of a history that spans from its early use of plasma to beat diphtheria a century ago to helping develop the swine flu vaccine a decade ago.
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In 2009, the WHO was accused of acting too early in declaring swine flu a pandemic, in part over concerns it had been pressured by pharmaceutical companies.
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Gerald Ford and the swine flu pandemic that never happened in 1976 is a cautionary tale that government action can backfire.
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Everyone in the mountains knew Hadji Murad, and how he slew the Russian swine.
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A few years ago, this Joe Biden warned people not to ride on aircraft or subways out of fear of contracting “swine flu.”
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Some of the people who were inside there said: “Here come the swine,” and swore and threw stones and things at them.
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She claimed that another group of fascists harassed her while she was driving her cab one night and called her a “Russian swine.”
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It is towards a country distant yet ever near, and it lies much removed from the Far Country where swine feed.
My War Experiences in Two Continents|Sarah Macnaughtan
We, poor prodigals, have been feeding long enough upon husks that the swine do eat, and crave a little nourishing food.
Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII. July, 1863, No. LXIX.|Various
It is also the standard pasture for swine where it can be grown, and where alfalfa is not a staple crop.
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That's a lie, my lad, for I see he's been putten a swine ring on yer snout to keep ye frae rooting up the ground.
A Son of Hagar|Sir Hall Caine
We had the gratification of adding to the health of Hartford for two summers by abating the swine nuisance.