boar
pronunciation
How to pronounce boar in British English:
UK [bɔː(r)]
How to pronounce boar in American English:
US [bɔːr]
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- Noun:
- Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
- an uncastrated male hog
Word Origin
- boar (n.)
- Old English bar "boar," from West Germanic *bairaz (cognates: Old Saxon ber, Dutch beer, Old High German ber "a boar"), which is of unknown origin with no cognates outside West Germanic. Applied in Middle English to persons of boar-like character.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Boar : boar ejaculates 250 ml semen on an average basis at once .
- 2. When it comes to inseminating cows and sows , no bull or boar need travel .
- 3. As the human population rose , people chopped down the forests for firewood and ate the deer and boar on which the wolves had fed .
- 4. And because everything in the wall has to be delivered in grandiose symbolic fashion , waters released a large tusked boar balloon into the crowd , emblazoned with religious symbols and the logos of major american corporations .
- 5. Meanwhile , defectors claim mr kim enjoys hunting , and has a number of lodges dotted around the country with menageries filled with boar , deer , and even seals .