What is "wolf" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does wolf mean in English? Meaning of wolf definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "wolf" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "wolf": any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

Noun

  • Meaning: any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
  • Synonyms: wolf
  • Hyponyms: arctic wolf brush wolf canis latrans canis lupus canis lupus tundrarum canis niger canis rufus coyote gray wolf grey wolf maned wolf prairie wolf red wolf timber wolf white wolf wolf cub wolf pup
  • Hypernyms: canid canine
  • Pronunciation in US: /wʊlf/, [wʊɫf], [wɫ̩f]

    Pronunciation in UK: /wʊlf/

    Meaning of "wolf": eat hastily

    Verb

  • Meaning: eat hastily
  • Example: The teenager wolfed down the pizza
  • Synonyms: wolf wolf down
  • Hypernyms: eat
  • Pronunciation in US: /wʊlf/, [wʊɫf], [wɫ̩f]

    Pronunciation in UK: /wʊlf/

    Meaning of "wolf": Austrian composer (1860-1903)

    Noun

  • Meaning: Austrian composer (1860-1903)
  • Synonyms: hugo wolf wolf
  • Instance Hypernyms: composer
  • Pronunciation in US: /wʊlf/, [wʊɫf], [wɫ̩f]

    Pronunciation in UK: /wʊlf/

    Meaning of "wolf": German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)

    Noun

  • Meaning: German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)
  • Synonyms: friedrich august wolf wolf
  • Instance Hypernyms: classical scholar classicist
  • Pronunciation in US: /wʊlf/, [wʊɫf], [wɫ̩f]

    Pronunciation in UK: /wʊlf/

    Meaning of "wolf": a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

    Noun

  • Meaning: a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
  • Synonyms: masher skirt chaser wolf woman chaser
  • Hypernyms: philanderer womaniser womanizer
  • Pronunciation in US: /wʊlf/, [wʊɫf], [wɫ̩f]

    Pronunciation in UK: /wʊlf/

    Meaning of "wolf": a cruelly rapacious person

    Noun

  • Meaning: a cruelly rapacious person
  • Synonyms: beast brute savage wildcat wolf
  • Hypernyms: aggressor assailant assaulter attacker
  • Pronunciation in US: /wʊlf/, [wʊɫf], [wɫ̩f]

    Pronunciation in UK: /wʊlf/

    Synonyms:

    gulp, gobble, devour, stuff, slosh, slop, guzzle, bolt, ingurgitate, cram, gorge, swallow, pack,

    Antonyms:

    nibble, open,

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