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tusk
 
Noun tusk has 2 senses
  1. ivory, tusk - a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
    --1 is a kind of dentine, dentin
    --1 is a substance of tusk
    Derived forms: verb tusk2, verb tusk1
  2. tusk - a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
    --2 is a kind of     tooth
    --2 is a part of tusker
    --2 has substances: ivory, tusk
    Derived forms: verb tusk2, verb tusk1
Verb tusk has 2 senses
  1. horn, tusk - stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer"
    --1 is one way to pierce, thrust
    Derived forms: noun tusk1, noun tusk2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s somebody
  2. tusk, detusk - remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant"
    --2 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Derived forms: noun tusk1, noun tusk2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
tuscarora tusci tush tushara tushery tushes tushie tushy tusk tusk shell tuskegee tusker tusks tusle tussah tussar tussaud

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