Wolf Definition
wo͝olf
wolfed, wolfing, wolfs, wolves
noun
wolves
Any of various wild canine carnivores (genus Canis), esp. the gray wolf, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere: domestic dogs are thought to be descended from wolves.
Webster's New World
The fur of a wolf.
Webster's New World
Any of various similar or related mammals, such as the hyena.
American Heritage
The destructive larva of any of various moths, beetles, or flies.
American Heritage
A fierce, cruel, or greedy person.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- skirt-chaser
- masher
- woman chaser
- Hugo Wolf
- friedrich august wolf
- wildcat
- savage
- beast
- brute
- womanizer
- philanderer
- lady-killer
- don juan
- lady's man
- casanova
verb
wolfed, wolfing, wolfs
To eat ravenously, as a wolf does.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
pronoun
The constellation Lupus.
Wiktionary
idiom
wolf at the door
- Creditors or a creditor.
American Heritage
wolf in sheep's clothing
- One who feigns congeniality while actually holding malevolent intentions.
American Heritage
cry wolf
- to give a false alarm
Webster's New World
keep the wolf from the door
- to provide the necessities of life in sufficient quantity to prevent privation
Webster's New World
wolf in sheep's clothing
- a person who hides malicious intent under a benign manner
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Wolf
Origin of Wolf
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From Middle English wolf, from Old English wulf, ƿulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz (compare West Frisian and Dutch wolf, German Wolf, Danish ulv), from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos; akin to Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka), Persian گرگ (gorg), Lithuanian vilkas, Russian волк (volk), Albanian ujk, Latin lupus, Greek λύκος (lýkos), Tocharian B walkwe.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English wulf wl̥kwo- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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