tusk
To dig up using a tusk, as boars doTo dig up using a tusk, as boars do.
» An elephant's tusks cannot be retracted.
sabretou · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesTo dig up using a tusk, as boars do.
To gore with the tusks.
remove the tusks of animals
(obsolete)To bare or gnash the teeth.
Examples
24 sentencesAn elephant's tusks cannot be retracted.
Elephant tusks are made of ivory.
The young elephant is growing tusks.
Elephant tusks are made out of ivory.
ruСлоновьи бивни сделаны из слоновой кости. — Ooneykcall
deDie Stoßzähne eines Elefanten bestehen aus Elfenbein. — raggione
The tusks of this elephant are impressive.
Origin
From Middle English tusk (also tux, tusch), from Old English tūsc, tūx (“canine tooth, tusFrom Middle English tusk (also tux, tusch), from Old English tūsc, tūx (“canine tooth, tusk, molar”), from Proto-West Germanic *tų̄sk, *tunsk, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz (“canine tooth”), extended form of *tanþs (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tusk (“tooth”), West Frisian tosk (“tooth”), Icelandic toskur (“a tusk, tooth”) (whence the Old Norse and Icelandic Ratatoskr and Ratatoskur respectively), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃 (tunþus, “tooth”) and *𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (*tundi, “thorn, tooth”). Doublet of tush. More at tooth.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
tusks, tusking, tusked, tuskedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.