Wolf
Meaning of Wolf
noun
- a wild carnivorous mammal which is the largest member of the dog family, living and hunting in packs. It is native to both Eurasia and North America, but is much persecuted and has been widely exterminated.
- used figuratively to refer to a rapacious, ferocious, or voracious person or thing.
he calls the media ravening wolves
- 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.
- devour (food) greedily.
he wolfed down his breakfast
Old English wulf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wolf and German Wolf, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lupus and Greek lukos . The verb dates from the mid 19th century.
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Hyphenation of Wolf
Wolf
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- Wolf is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Wolf synonyms
Meaning woman chaser:
Meaning beast:
Meaning eat or drink (something) greedily:
Meaning fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket:
Meaning pull or knock down (a building):
Meaning go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged:
Meaning swallow (food) hastily or greedily:
Meaning move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance:
Meaning eat a large amount of (food) greedily:
Meaning breathe in (air, gas, smoke, etc.):
Meaning swallow (something) greedily:
Wolf antonyms
Meaning take small bites out of:
Anagrams of Wolf
Words that rhyme with Wolf
wolf, aardwolf, strandwolf, werewolf, earthwolf, demiwolf, Steppenwolf, Bitterwolf, warwolf, werwolf, Fenriswolf, coywolf
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