boar

American  

[bawr, bohr] / bɔr, boʊr /

noun

1. the uncastrated male swine.

2. wild boar.

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adjective

1. South Midland and Southern U.S. (of animals) male, especially full-grown.

   a boar cat.

boar British  

/ bɔː /

noun

1. an uncastrated male pig

2. See wild boar

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Etymology

Origin of boar

First recorded before 1000; Middle English boor, Old English bār; cognate with Dutch beer, Old High German bêr, from unattested West Germanic baira-, perhaps akin to Welsh baedd

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Example Sentences

If you should happen to dream up a scene in which a man runs screaming around the jungle with a wild boar strapped to his head, he’s the obvious pick to pull it off.

From The Wall Street Journal

But now the ancient woodland is being revitalised with the pigs - half wild boar, half Tamworth - which are turning over the soil.

From BBC

Spain has found another seven dead wild boars infected with African swine fever near Barcelona, increasing the outbreak's total to nine cases, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.

From Barron's

Spain's pork industry is "very concerned" by a growing African swine fever outbreak among wild boars that has sparked jitters about the world's third-largest producer of the meat and its derivatives.

From Barron's

A major issue is the expanding bear population, which is growing fast due to an abundance of food -- including acorns, deer and boars -- under the influence of a warming climate, experts say.

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Related Words

• pig
• piglet
• swine