boar
(also wild boar)
a wild boar
a kind of animal – mammal – the forefathers of the present domestic pig; large head; with stiff hair all over; grows to 3 feet (90cm) tall at the shoulder, 4 feet in length, weighs 60-70 Kg.; feeds on almost anything – grass, nuts, fruit, roots, insects, small reptiles – lizards, snakes, etc., and refuse (waste matter), and crops of any kind when they get closer to the human settlements; lives for15-20 years; found in Central Europe, the Mediterranean region, Asia, and introduced to many other parts of the world
‘Boar’ also means:
a boar — a male domestic pig
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the male of the wild boar/pig
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the male of the domestic pig kept on farms for breeding purpose
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a boar — a male guinea pig
the male of animals like ‘guinea pig’, ‘racoon’, ‘badger’, etc.
female ~~ sow {rhymes with “now”}
baby ~~ piglet, farrow, shoat
group ~~ sounder, singular; farrow (of piglets)
voice (call) ~~ grunt
home ~~ burrow/den (some wild species/kinds); sty (when kept on farms by farmers)
They are good swimmers. Though they are mild by nature, they can attack animals larger than themselves, including people, particularly when a sow is with its piglets. They have long tusks (some teeth that grow longer than the other teeth, like that of an elephant) that grow from the lower teeth, which they use for defence, for digging for food and making burrows.
to feed like a boar in a frank = to eat too much (‘frank’ = a fattening sty) 2. to rattle like a boar in a holme (‘to rattle’ = to make quick sounds; to shake with the quick sounds; to talk rapidly) (‘holme’ = holly bush – a kind of plant) 3. as much use as tits on a boar [said to mean that there is not any use of something or someone at all] (‘tits’ = the body part of a female mammal with which it feeds milk to its babies — and ‘boar’ is a male animal which does not need any of such ‘tits’) BC Kumar, an English Language Teacher, taught in numerous countries including Ethiopia, Oman and India, shares his knowledge and passion for the English Language.
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Wild boars are believed to be the forefathers of the present domestic pigs.
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