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keep the wolf from the door

keep the wolf from the door
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [keep stressed th ee woo lf fruhm, from stressed th ee dawr, dohr]
    • /kip stressed ði wʊlf frʌm, frɒm stressed ði dɔr, doʊr/
    • /kiːp ðə wʊlf frəm ðə dɔː(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [keep stressed th ee woo lf fruhm, from stressed th ee dawr, dohr]
    • /kip stressed ði wʊlf frʌm, frɒm stressed ði dɔr, doʊr/

Definitions of keep the wolf from the door words

  • noun plural keep the wolf from the door any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range. 1
  • noun plural keep the wolf from the door the fur of such an animal. 1
  • noun plural keep the wolf from the door any of various wolflike animals of different families, as the thylacine. 1
  • noun plural keep the wolf from the door (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Lupus. 1
  • noun plural keep the wolf from the door the larva of any of various small insects infesting granaries. 1
  • noun plural keep the wolf from the door a cruelly rapacious person. 1
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Origin of keep the wolf from the door

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English wulf; cognate with German Wolf, Old Norse ulfr, Gothic wulfs, Polish wilk, Lithuanian vil̃kas, Sanskrit vṛka; akin to Latin lupus, Greek lýkos

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Parts of speech for Keep the wolf from the door

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Keep the wolf from the door

keep the wolf from the door popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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