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Definition of 'WOLF'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) wolf
any of several carnivorous mammals of the genus Canus, esp. the gray wolf, Canis lupus, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere.

2.  wolf
any of several other large canids, as the maned wolf.

3.  wolf
the fur of such an animal.

4.  wolf
any of various unrelated wolflike animals, as the thylacine.

5.  wolf
a cruelly rapacious person.

6.  wolf
a man who makes amorous advances to many women.

7.  wolf
a pitch of unstable quality or loudness sometimes occurring in a bowed musical instrument.

8. (v.t.) wolf
to devour voraciously (often fol. by down):
to wolf one's food.

9. (v.i.) wolf
to hunt for wolves.

10.  wolf
cry wolf, to give a false alarm.

11.  wolf
keep the wolf from the door, to avert poverty or starvation.

12.  wolf
wolf in sheep's clothing, a person who conceals evil beneath an innocent exterior.

13. (n.) Wolf
Friedrich August, 1759–1824, German classical scholar.

14.  Wolf
Hugo, 1860–1903, Austrian composer.

Definition of 'WOLF'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) wolf
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

2. (noun) Wolf, Hugo Wolf
Austrian composer (1860-1903)

3. (noun) Wolf, Friedrich August Wolf
German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)

4. (noun) wolf, woman chaser, skirt chaser, masher
a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

5. (verb) beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
a cruelly rapacious person

6. (verb) wolf, wolf down
eat hastily
"The teenager wolfed down the pizza"

Definition of 'WOLF'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) wolf
a large dog-like wild animal
wolves howling in the night

2. (verb) wolf
to eat very quickly
The kids wolfed down their food.

Definition of 'WOLF'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) WOLF
any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (C. occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man

2. (adj) WOLF
one of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf

3. (adj) WOLF
fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door

4. (adj) WOLF
a white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries

5. (adj) WOLF
an eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus

6. (adj) WOLF
the harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament

7. (adj) WOLF
in bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale

8. (adj) WOLF
a willying machine

Translation of 'WOLF'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a type of wild animal of the dog family, usually found hunting in packs.
Afrikaans: wolf	Arabic: ذِئْب	Bulgarian: вълк
Brazilian: lobo	Czech: vlk	German: der Wolf
Danish: ulv	Greek: λύκος	Spanish: lobo
Estonian: hunt	Farsi: گرگ	Finnish: susi
French: loup, louve	Hebrew: זְאֵב	Hindi: भे‍ड़िया
Croatian: vuk	Hungarian: farkas	Indonesian: serigala
Icelandic: úlfur	Italian: lupo	Japanese: おおかみ
Korean: 늑대	Lithuanian: vilkas	Latvian: vilks
Malay: serigala	Dutch: wolf	Norwegian: ulv
Polish: wilk	Persian: گرگ	Pashto: لېوه، شرمښ: سر اښ، وږ ستر
Portuguese: lobo	Romanian: lup	Russian: волк
Slovak: vlk	Slovenian: volk	Serbian: vuk
Swedish: varg	Thai: สุนัขป่า	Turkish: kurt
Taiwanese: 狼	Ukrainian: вовк	Urdu: بھیڑیا
Vietnamese: chó sói	Chinese: 狼
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