Lernwerd

wolf

//wʊlf//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for wolf

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
wolves

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
wolf
past (v2)
wolfed
past participle (v3)
wolfed
present participle
wolfing
3rd person singular
wolfs

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.

  2. 2.A man who makes amorous advances to many women.

  3. 3.Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.

    • They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.
  4. 4.A wolf tone or wolf note.

    • The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.

    • Vicars seated himself and began wolfing a sandwich.
    • After a wolfed burger dinner, I called the night number at Administrative Vice and inquired about known lesbian gathering places.
    • "Here's these legal ferrets has got our Puddin' in their clutches, and here's us, spellbound with anguish, watchin' them wolfin' it."
  2. 2.To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.(slang)

  3. 3.To hunt for wolves.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #2735

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷós?

Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos

Proto-Germanic *wulfaz

Proto-West Germanic *wulf

Old English wulf

Middle English wolf

English wolf

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