Synonyms for boar

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bawr, bohr

Phonetic Transcription : bɔr, boʊr

Top 10 synonyms for boar

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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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