Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The wild boar.
- noun An uncastrated male pig.
- noun The adult male of any of several mammals, such as a badger, raccoon, or guinea pig.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Obsolete spelling of
bore , bore. - noun The male of swine (not castrated).
- noun A military engine used in the middle ages.
- noun Same as
halluf . - Male: as, a boar squirrel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
wild boar (Sus scrofa ), the wild ancestor of the domesticatedpig . - noun A
male pig.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an uncastrated male hog
- noun Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It seems that the boar is the most frightening creature in the swamp, even moreso than the alligator.
Archive 2005-07-01 Richard Nokes 2005
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It seems that the boar is the most frightening creature in the swamp, even moreso than the alligator.
Libertarian cajuns, dangerous boars Richard Nokes 2005
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A great want of one part of the animal world has consisted in the desire of the exclusive possession of the females; and these have acquired weapons to combat each other for this purpose, as the very thick shield-like horny skin on the shoulder of the boar is a defence only against animals of his own species, who strike obliquely upwards, nor are his tushes for other purposes, except to defend himself, as he is not naturally
Canto II 1803
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The wild boar is often called "the poor man's grizzly bear", and the last thing you need to worry about is destroying too much meat.
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The wild boar is often called "the poor man's grizzly bear", and the last thing you need to worry about is destroying too much meat.
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Hurry, the boar is coming over on the crocodiles, too.
My Father's Dragon 1948
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F — and I were over the hedge and wading through the flax swamp before we saw that our game was bagged; indeed, we did not know he was dead, and approached him with the greatest caution, for a wounded boar is about the most dangerous animal to attack.
A Christmas Cake in Four Quarters Mary Anne 1871
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They share local hunting knowledge and the spoils of a good day in the field at semi-regular events they call boar-b-ques and wild food dinners.
NYT > Home Page By SEAN PATRICK FARRELL 2009
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They share local hunting knowledge and the spoils of a good day in the field at semi-regular events they call boar-b-ques and wild food dinners.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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She’s tired of seeing what she calls my boar’s nest at my end of the table festooned with stacked books, medical articles, and newspapers, so she’s making me actually, she asked me very nicely go through them – which is my plan this weekend – and get rid of them.
Bougainvillea in bloom | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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