Wolf Meaning and Definition
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Word: Wolf
How to pronounce: wʊlf
Noun
Definitions:
1. A wild carnivorous mammal of the dog family, living and hunting in packs. It is native to both Eurasia and North America, but has been widely exterminated.
Example sentences: "Among wild dogs and wolves, the cooperative hunting pack includes both males and females, and they provision both pups and a nursing mother."
2. Used figuratively to refer to a rapacious, ferocious, or voracious person or thing.
Example sentences: "He calls the media ravening wolves"
3. A harsh or out-of-tune effect produced when playing particular notes or intervals on a musical instrument, caused either by the instrument's construction or by divergence from equal temperament.
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Devour (food) greedily.
Example sentences: "He wolfed down his breakfast"
Synonyms:
lupine
lupus
lobo
womanizer
philanderer
beast
vulture
Derivations:
wolfish
wolfing
wolfed
wolfskin
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Wolf in Other Languages...
Spanish: Lobo
German: Wolf
French: Loup
Italian: Lupo
Turkish: Kurt