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Definition of 'swine'

noun

Stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals

From: GCIDE

Swine \Swine\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. swin, AS. sw[imac]n; akin to OFries. & OS. swin, D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. sw[imac]n, Icel. sv[imac]n, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth. swein; originally a diminutive corresponding to E. sow. See Sow, n.] (Zool.) Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog. "A great herd of swine." --Mark v. 11. [1913 Webster]
Swine grass (Bot.), knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare); -- so called because eaten by swine.
Swine oat (Bot.), a kind of oat sometimes grown for swine.
Swine's cress (Bot.), a species of cress of the genus Senebiera (Senebiera Coronopus).
Swine's head, a dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Swine thistle (Bot.), the sow thistle. [1913 Webster]

Swine (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).