Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tusk

2 senses of tusk

Sense 1
ivory, tusk -- (a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses)
       => dentine, dentin -- (a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth)

Sense 2
tusk -- (a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog)
       => tooth -- (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tusk

2 senses of tusk

Sense 1
horn, tusk -- (stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer")
       => pierce, thrust -- (penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument)

Sense 2
tusk, detusk -- (remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")