Meanings
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noun
wet feed, especially for pigs, consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or milk
The farmer threw the swill into the sty.
Thesaurus
Etymology
From Middle English swilen (“to wash; swirl; wash away”), from Old English swillan, swilian (“to wash; wash down; swill; gargle”), from Proto-West Germanic *swilljan, from Proto-Germanic *swiljaną (“to gulp, swallow”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to drink, gulp, swallow”). Related to swallow.
swilen
Middle English
swillan
Old English
*swilljan
Proto-West Germanic
*swiljaną
Proto-Germanic
*swel-
Proto-Indo-European
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