{i} pig, hog, any of a number of omnivorous animals that have a flat disk-like snout and cloven hooves and are raised or hunted for meat; mean and contemptible person
The form swines is used as the plural for meaning 1.; swine is used as both the singular and plural for meaning 2
disapproval If you call someone a swine, you dislike them or think that they are a bad person, usually because they have behaved unpleasantly towards you
Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard
Fundie term for those who reject their preaching See Pearls and Matthew 7: 6 [BLB]
(Heb hazir), regarded as the most unclean and the most abhorred of all animals (Lev 11: 7; Isa 65: 4; 66: 3, 17; Luke 15: 15, 16) A herd of swine were drowned in the Sea of Galilee (Luke 8: 32, 33) Spoken of figuratively in Matt 7: 6 (see Prov 11: 22) It is frequently mentioned as a wild animal, and is evidently the wild boar (Arab khanzir), which is common among the marshes of the Jordan valley (Ps 80: 13)