Swine
noun
A pig.
A herd of swine were rapidly approaching.
Often appears as...
- herd of swine
- swine farm
noun
An offensive term that deliberately insults somebody's character or manners.
My boss is such a swine, always taking credit for my work.
Often appears as...
- such a swine
- dirty swine
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A type of influenza virus.
Several people in our town were hospitalized due to swine flu.
Often appears as...
- swine flu pandemic
- swine flu vaccine
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A pig.
A herd of swine were rapidly approaching.
Often appears as...
- herd of swine
- swine farm
noun
An offensive term that deliberately insults somebody's character or manners.
My boss is such a swine, always taking credit for my work.
Often appears as...
- such a swine
- dirty swine
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A type of influenza virus.
Several people in our town were hospitalized due to swine flu.
Often appears as...
- swine flu pandemic
- swine flu vaccine
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Animal Reference
Used to talk about the animal pig in agriculture or cooking without negative meaning.
The farmer has several swine in his fields.
Pro Tip 2/2Old-fashioned Term
The word 'swine' is more common in historical or rural contexts than in modern urban settings.
In medieval times, swine were commonly raised by peasants.
Pro Tip 1/2Animal Reference
Used to talk about the animal pig in agriculture or cooking without negative meaning.
The farmer has several swine in his fields.
Pro Tip 2/2Old-fashioned Term
The word 'swine' is more common in historical or rural contexts than in modern urban settings.
In medieval times, swine were commonly raised by peasants.
Pro Tip 1/2Animal Reference
Used to talk about the animal pig in agriculture or cooking without negative meaning.
The farmer has several swine in his fields.
Pro Tip 2/2Old-fashioned Term
The word 'swine' is more common in historical or rural contexts than in modern urban settings.
In medieval times, swine were commonly raised by peasants.
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Video examples
Marcus du Sautoy:...
In microbiology you really don't want to get a symmetrical object, because they are generally rather nasty. The swine flu virus, at the moment, is a symmetrical object. And it uses the efficiency of symmetry to be able to propagate itself so well. But on a larger scale of biology, actually symmetry is very important, because it actually communicates genetic information.
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Learning from dirty jobs...
I mean, that's all I heard growing up. I didn't know what to do with my life, but I was told if you follow your passion, it's going to work out. I can give you 30 examples right now. Bob Combs, the pig farmer in Las Vegas who collects the uneaten scraps of food from the casinos and feeds them to his swine. Why?
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Symmetry, reality's...
many different bits of the scientific world for example molecular structure what crystals are possible we can understand through the mathematics of symmetry in microbiology you really don't want to get a symmetrical object because they're generally rather nasty the swine flu virus at the moment is a
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Seth Berkley: HIV and...
This vaccine is so small it can be grown in a common bacteria, E. coli. Now, as you know, bacteria reproduce quickly -- it's like making yogurt -- and so we could produce enough swine origin flu for the entire world in a few factories, in a few weeks,
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How do viruses jump from...
but soon, 40 of these attendees would be diagnosed with swine flu. More often than not, sick animals don’t infect humans. But when they do, these cross-species infections, or viral host jumps, have the potential to produce deadly epidemics.
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HIV and flu -- the...
reproduce quickly it's like making yogurt and so we could produce enough swine origin flu for the entire world in a few factories in a few weeks with no eggs for a fraction of the cost of current methods
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Marcel Dicke: Why not...
during the classical swine fever outbreak. You get a new disease that can be deadly. We eat insects -- they're so distantly related from us that this doesn't happen. So that's one point for insects.
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The beauty of data...
so our label is for you in a second but the height here when they point out is the intensity of certain fears in as reported in the media let me put them out to this swine flu pink bird flu SARS
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Iceland Is Growing New...
much more wooded the people coming brought sheep and cattle and swine land needed to be cleared and their grazing prevented the forest from coming back and after a long time the thin
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Misconceptions about...
of all human infectious diseases which one is the most deadly maybe already thinking about SAS swine flu Ebola
Video examples
Marcus du Sautoy:...
In microbiology you really don't want to get a symmetrical object, because they are generally rather nasty. The swine flu virus, at the moment, is a symmetrical object. And it uses the efficiency of symmetry to be able to propagate itself so well. But on a larger scale of biology, actually symmetry is very important, because it actually communicates genetic information.
Video examples
Learning from dirty jobs...
I mean, that's all I heard growing up. I didn't know what to do with my life, but I was told if you follow your passion, it's going to work out. I can give you 30 examples right now. Bob Combs, the pig farmer in Las Vegas who collects the uneaten scraps of food from the casinos and feeds them to his swine. Why?
Video examples
Symmetry, reality's...
many different bits of the scientific world for example molecular structure what crystals are possible we can understand through the mathematics of symmetry in microbiology you really don't want to get a symmetrical object because they're generally rather nasty the swine flu virus at the moment is a
Video examples
Seth Berkley: HIV and...
This vaccine is so small it can be grown in a common bacteria, E. coli. Now, as you know, bacteria reproduce quickly -- it's like making yogurt -- and so we could produce enough swine origin flu for the entire world in a few factories, in a few weeks,
Video examples
How do viruses jump from...
but soon, 40 of these attendees would be diagnosed with swine flu. More often than not, sick animals don’t infect humans. But when they do, these cross-species infections, or viral host jumps, have the potential to produce deadly epidemics.
Video examples
HIV and flu -- the...
reproduce quickly it's like making yogurt and so we could produce enough swine origin flu for the entire world in a few factories in a few weeks with no eggs for a fraction of the cost of current methods
Video examples
Marcel Dicke: Why not...
during the classical swine fever outbreak. You get a new disease that can be deadly. We eat insects -- they're so distantly related from us that this doesn't happen. So that's one point for insects.
Video examples
The beauty of data...
so our label is for you in a second but the height here when they point out is the intensity of certain fears in as reported in the media let me put them out to this swine flu pink bird flu SARS
Video examples
Iceland Is Growing New...
much more wooded the people coming brought sheep and cattle and swine land needed to be cleared and their grazing prevented the forest from coming back and after a long time the thin
Video examples
Misconceptions about...
of all human infectious diseases which one is the most deadly maybe already thinking about SAS swine flu Ebola
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Mike Gallagher
American Critic
Listener and reader input is every bit as important as anything any of us can say. We'd be like crazy people chattering in the middle of that empty field that Joe Biden thinks we should stand in to be safe from swine flu if it weren't for the calls, the letters, the blogs, and the reaction from our audience.
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Nathan Wolfe
American Scientist
Swine flu is not an anomaly. We know that swine flu - like the vast majority of new outbreaks - comes from animals. We should be monitoring those animals and the humans that come into contact with them, so we can catch these viruses early, before they infect major cities and spread throughout the world.
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Annie Lennox
Scottish Musician
I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women.
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Sayed Kashua
Israeli Author
When there's a revolution in Egypt, you can't really get depressed about not knowing what happens after you die. When there are millions out on the streets, that's not the time to start panicking about contracting swine flu.
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Hunter S. Thompson
American Journalist
Duke is an ugly word in Kentucky. Nothing in the world compares to the joy of beating those hateful swine from Duke.
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Ezra Pound
American Poet
I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.
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Alan Tudyk
American Actor
The swine flu is evolution, isn't it? In a way, it's an evolution of flu.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
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Gertrude Stein
American Author
Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.
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George Dennison Prentice
American Editor
Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.
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Mike Gallagher
American Critic
Listener and reader input is every bit as important as anything any of us can say. We'd be like crazy people chattering in the middle of that empty field that Joe Biden thinks we should stand in to be safe from swine flu if it weren't for the calls, the letters, the blogs, and the reaction from our audience.
Quote examples
Nathan Wolfe
American Scientist
Swine flu is not an anomaly. We know that swine flu - like the vast majority of new outbreaks - comes from animals. We should be monitoring those animals and the humans that come into contact with them, so we can catch these viruses early, before they infect major cities and spread throughout the world.
Quote examples
Annie Lennox
Scottish Musician
I can't understand why the front pages of newspapers can cover bird flu and swine flu and everybody is up in arms about that and we still haven't really woken up to the fact that so many women in sub-Saharan Africa - 60 percent of people in - infected with HIV are women.
Quote examples
Sayed Kashua
Israeli Author
When there's a revolution in Egypt, you can't really get depressed about not knowing what happens after you die. When there are millions out on the streets, that's not the time to start panicking about contracting swine flu.
Quote examples
Hunter S. Thompson
American Journalist
Duke is an ugly word in Kentucky. Nothing in the world compares to the joy of beating those hateful swine from Duke.
Quote examples
Ezra Pound
American Poet
I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.
Quote examples
Alan Tudyk
American Actor
The swine flu is evolution, isn't it? In a way, it's an evolution of flu.
Quote examples
Samuel Butler
British Poet
For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
Quote examples
Gertrude Stein
American Author
Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.
Quote examples
George Dennison Prentice
American Editor
Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.
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