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wolf
/wʊlf/
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What does wolf mean?
noun
- Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
- Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.
- A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
More meanings (13)
noun
- A wolf tone or wolf note.
- (figuratively) Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
- One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
- A white worm which infests granaries, the larva of Nemapogon granella, a tineid moth.
- A wolf spider (Lycosidae spp.).
- A willying machine, that uses willow twigs to cleanse wool.
- (obsolete) An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.
verb
- To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
- (slang) To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
- To hunt for wolves.
proper noun
- The constellation Lupus.
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- A male given name.
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IPA pronunciation
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Who could have bound the lamb to the wolf, and, what was still more incomprehensible, have attached the wolf to the lamb?
She announced her condition by a long, heartbreaking wolf howl that sent every dog bristling with fear, then sprang straight for Buck.
More book examples (3)
“I have heard now and again of such a thing, but never in our Pack or in my time,” said Father Wolf.
Then the wolf was very angry indeed, and tried to get down the chimney in order to eat up the little pig.
About a year afterward a wolf, followed by several cubs and a strange, ape-like creature, was seen about ten miles from Chupra.