Phrase Hound found 26 phrases and 38 compound words that contain swine. The most common are listed below. Open swine in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 26
- swine fluInfluenza caused by certain orthomyxoviruses, which pass from pigs to humans.
- cast pearls before swineTo give things of value to those who will not understand or appreciate them.
- swine feverA contagious, usually fatal, disease of pigs, causing fever, skin lesions and convulsions, caused by Pestivirus C (CSFV).
- pearls before swineSomething of value, beauty, refinement, or wisdom left to people who will not appreciate it.
- Gadarene swineA herd of swine that become possessed by demons after the latter are exorcised from men, in a parable told in each of the Synoptic Gospels, although not the Gospel of John.
- sea-swineAlternative form of seaswine: A porpoise or dolphin.
- swine influenzaswine flu
- giant thorny-headed worm of swineA parasitic worm of the genus Macracanthorhynchus.
- swine-breadAny plant of the genus Cyclamen.
- swine-houndAlternative spelling of swinehound: Synonym of pig dog (“dog bred to hunt wild or feral pigs”).
- swine-breadsplural of swine-bread: Any plant of the genus Cyclamen.
- swine-houndsplural of swine-hound: Synonym of pig dog (“dog bred to hunt wild or feral pigs”).
- casts pearls before swinethird-person singular simple present indicative of cast pearls before swine: To give things of value to those who will not understand or appreciate them.
- go the entire swineSynonym of go the whole hog: To do something as completely or entirely as possible; to hold back or reserve nothing.
- goes the entire swinethird-person singular simple present indicative of go the entire swine: To do something as completely or entirely as possible; to hold back or reserve nothing.
- going the entire swinepresent participle and gerund of go the entire swine
- gone the entire swinepast participle of go the entire swine: To do something as completely or entirely as possible; to hold back or reserve nothing.
- threw pearls before swinesimple past of throw pearls before swine
- throw pearls before swineSynonym of cast pearls before swine: To give things of value to those who will not understand or appreciate them.
- throwing pearls before swinepresent participle and gerund of throw pearls before swine
- thrown pearls before swinepast participle of throw pearls before swine: To give things of value to those who will not understand or appreciate them.
- throws pearls before swinethird-person singular simple present indicative of throw pearls before swine: To give things of value to those who will not understand or appreciate them.
- went the entire swinesimple past of go the entire swine
- Blind Swine MateA checkmate pattern in which the king is confined to two squares at an edge of the board and then mated by two doubled rooks.
- Blind swine matesplural of Blind swine mate: A checkmate pattern in which the king is confined to two squares at an edge of the board and then mated by two doubled rooks.
Compound words 38
- swinishLike a pig, resembling a swine; gluttonous, coarse, debased.
- microswineA breed of swine derived from repetitive inbreeding of small (Yucatan) swine.
- swinelingA small, young, or immature swine; pigling.
- seaswineA porpoise or dolphin.
- swinelikeResembling swine.
- swinemanOne in charge of or specializing in the raising of swine.
- swinepoxA disease of pigs, caused by a virus of the family Poxviridae and the genus Suipoxvirus.
- swineyardA yard for keeping pigs.
- swinaliaObjects, especially collectibles or trinkets, associated with pigs.
- swinecressAny plant of the genus Lepidium (syn. Coronopus).