swine

noun
UK /swaɪn/
US /swaɪn/

A pig or a wild animal like a pig.

The farmer keeps swine in the muddy pen behind the barn.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A very unpleasant or selfish person.

He behaved like a swine at the party, insulting everyone.

3. Wild pigs collectively, such as boars.

Hunters tracked the swine through the forest.

4. A disease that spreads from pigs to humans.

Swine flu made many people sick that year.