tusk

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
• Syn:
ivory
• Hypernyms:
dentine, dentin
2. a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging;
especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
• Derivationally related forms:
tusked
• Hypernyms:
tooth
• Part Holonyms:
tusker, elephant, wild boar, boar, Sus scrofa
• Substance Meronyms:
ivory

II - verb

1. remove the tusks of animals
- tusk an elephant
• Syn:
detusk
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
- the rhino horned the explorer
• Syn:
horn
• Derivationally related forms:
horn (for: horn)
• Hypernyms:
pierce, thrust
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ivory, detusk, horn