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# boar

noun (a boar, boars)

«boar» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A boar, or wild boar, is a wild pig with thick, bristly hair and sharp tusks, living in forests in Europe, Asia and North Africa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boar/#m1)
2. A boar is also an adult male pig on a farm; the female is a sow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boar/#m2)
3. The male of some other animals, like the guinea pig and badger, is also called a boar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boar/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons boars come up in woodland habitats and food webs; they dig up the ground with their snouts looking for roots, nuts, insects and worms. In history and stories, boar hunting was a royal sport, and a boar's head was served at feasts. In some parts of Europe wild boars come into towns looking for food.

### Examples

- The wild boar dug in the forest floor with its snout. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boar/#x1)
- A boar has sharp tusks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boar/#x2)
- The farmer has one boar and ten sows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boar/#x3)
- Wild boar piglets have stripes on their fur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boar/#x4)
- Keep away from wild boars; they can be dangerous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boar/#x5)
- In the old story, the hero hunted a giant boar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boar/#x6)
- Wild boars live in forests across Europe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boar/#x7)

### Note

Plural «boars». Homophone traps: «boar» (pig), «bore» (dull, or to make a hole) and «boor» (a rude person). Baby boars are «piglets»; striped wild boar piglets are sometimes called «humbugs» in the UK.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it is a wild pig that tramples a vineyard. The vineyard stands for Israel.

**Interpretation.** The rabbis read the boar as a cruel enemy nation, often Rome, that ruins Israel. The pig was also a forbidden, unclean animal.

### Examples

- The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, that which moveth in the field feedeth on it. (Writings PSA.80.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boar/#x1)

### Note

Plural «boars». Homophone traps: «boar» (pig), «bore» (dull, or to make a hole) and «boor» (a rude person). Baby boars are «piglets»; striped wild boar piglets are sometimes called «humbugs» in the UK.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «boar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«boar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/boar.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «boar» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/boar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«boar» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/boar.html) on Mova free.