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Word entry · 5 letters

swine

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"Pigs"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /swaɪn/Part of speech nounSorted einswStarts with SEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2W3I4N5E

Definitions

  1. stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • The Zimmerman farm introduced swine to their husbandry.
  • That old car is a swine to manoeuvre.

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