tusk

/tʌsk/
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tusk

An elephant uses its long tusk to lift a fallen tree branch.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A long, pointed tooth: A specialized elongated tooth that projects beyond the mouth, used for fighting, digging, or display. This is especially characteristic of animals like elephants, walruses, and wild boars.
    • The material of a tusk: The hard, smooth, ivory-colored dentine that constitutes the main substance of tusks from animals like elephants and walruses.

  2. Verb:

    • To remove the tusks from an animal: To extract or take out the tusks, often to prevent poaching or for ivory collection.
    • To gore or pierce: To stab or wound with a horn or tusk.
Examples of Usage

  • Noun:

    • The elephant's tusk was over two meters long.
    • Poachers hunt elephants for their valuable tusks.
    • The walrus uses its tusks to haul itself onto ice.

  • Verb:

    • Conservationists sometimes tusk rhinos to deter poachers.
    • The wild boar tusked the ground, searching for roots.
    • The enraged elephant nearly tusked the vehicle.
Advanced Usage
  • "To be long in the tusk": An idiom describing an old elephant, and by extension, an old or experienced person.
    • That politician is long in the tusk; he's seen many elections.
Variants and Related Words
  • Tusked (adj): Having tusks.
    • A tusked walrus.
  • Tusker (n): An animal, especially a male elephant, with well-developed tusks.
    • The old tusker was a legend in the region.
Synonyms
  • Ivory (n): Specifically refers to the hard, white material from tusks, especially of elephants.
  • Fang (n): A long, pointed tooth, especially of a carnivorous animal, used for biting and tearing. (Note: 'Fang' typically refers to canine teeth, not the same as the specialized 'tusk').
Related Phrasal Verbs

(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)

Related Idioms
  • "To show one's tusks": To reveal one's aggressive or threatening intentions.
    • During the negotiation, he finally showed his tusks and made his true demands clear.
tusk

An elephant uses its long tusk to lift a fallen tree branch.

Noun
  1. a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
  2. a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
Verb
  1. remove the tusks of animals
    • tusk an elephant
  2. stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
    • the rhino horned the explorer

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