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Synonyms for boar

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bawr, bohr
Phonetic Transcription : bɔr, boʊr

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Définition of boar

Origin :
  • Old English bar "boar," from West Germanic *bairaz (cf. Old Saxon ber, Dutch beer, Old High German ber), of unknown origin with no cognates outside West Germanic. Applied in Middle English to persons of boar-like character.
  • As in pig : noun animal of swine family
  • As in swine : noun pig
  • As in elephant : noun large mammal
  • As in swine : noun omnivorous animal
  • As in hog : noun pig
Example sentences :
  • Perhaps the Boar's Head had something to do with it, but certainly the footman had.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Aren't you going to give me some of the boar's head with pistachio nuts?
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • If every bear and boar were kept in a den—what a fine world this would be.
  • Extract from : « The Comic Latin Grammar » by Percival Leigh
  • In hot, sultry weather the boar may be run down by the hounds and captured.
  • Extract from : « The Sportsman » by Xenophon
  • The oaths were ratified by the sacrifice of a bull, a wolf , a boar, and a ram over a shield.
  • Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
  • The boar, watching its fate, squealed, and the python advanced.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy » by Florence Partello Stuart
  • When it falls to the ground it breaks in pieces, and out comes the boar.
  • Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
  • Guingamor told him his story, and showed him the boar's head, and turned to go back.
  • Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
  • The story of the boar and the tortoise too, can be traced back to the Vedic literature.
  • Extract from : « India: What can it teach us? » by F. Max Mller
  • In German New Guinea the bent tusks of a boar are used as money.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
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