ALL meanings of wolf
wolf
W w - noun wolf animal 1
- noun wolf man who preys on women 1
- intransitive verb wolf eat rapidly 1
- noun wolf Devour (food) greedily. 1
- noun plural wolf 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 wolf the fur of such an animal. 1
- noun plural wolf any of various wolflike animals of different families, as the thylacine. 1
- noun plural wolf (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Lupus. 1
- noun plural wolf the larva of any of various small insects infesting granaries. 1
- noun plural wolf a cruelly rapacious person. 1
- noun plural wolf Informal. a man who makes amorous advances to many women. 1
- noun plural wolf Music. the harsh discord heard in certain chords of keyboard instruments, especially the organ, when tuned on some system of unequal temperament. a chord or interval in which such a discord appears. (in bowed instruments) a discordant or false vibration in a string due to a defect in structure or adjustment of the instrument. 1
- verb with object wolf to devour voraciously (often followed by down): He wolfed his food. 1
- verb without object wolf to hunt for wolves. 1
- idioms wolf cry wolf, to give a false alarm: Is she really sick or is she just crying wolf? 1
- idioms wolf keep the wolf from the door, to avert poverty or starvation; provide sufficiently for: Their small inheritance kept the wolf from the door. 1
- idioms wolf throw to the wolves. throw (def 57). 1
- idioms wolf wolf in sheep's clothing, a person who conceals his or her evil intentions or character beneath an innocent exterior. 1
- noun wolf Baron Christian von, Christian von Wolff. 1
- noun wolf Friedrich August [free-drikh ou-goo st] /ˈfri drɪx ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1759–1824, German classical scholar. 1
- noun wolf Hugo [hoo-goh] /ˈhu goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1860–1903, Austrian composer. 1
- noun wolf a male given name. 1
- countable noun wolf A wolf is a wild animal that looks like a large dog. 0
- verb wolf If someone wolfs their food, they eat it all very quickly and greedily. 0
- verb wolf Wolf down means the same as wolf. 0
- noun wolf a predatory canine mammal, Canis lupus, which hunts in packs and was formerly widespread in North America and Eurasia but is now less common 0
- noun wolf any of several similar and related canines, such as the red wolf and the coyote (prairie wolf) 0
- noun wolf the fur of any such animal 0
- noun wolf a voracious, grabbing, or fiercely cruel person or thing 0
- noun wolf a man who habitually tries to seduce women 0
- noun wolf the destructive larva of any of various moths and beetles 0
- noun wolf an unpleasant sound produced in some notes played on the violin, cello, etc, owing to resonant vibrations of the belly 0
- noun wolf an out-of-tune effect produced on keyboard instruments accommodated esp to the system of mean-tone temperament 0
- verb wolf to gulp (down) 0
- verb wolf to hunt wolves 0
- noun wolf Friedrich August (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈauɡʊst). 1759–1824, German classical scholar, who suggested that the Homeric poems, esp the Iliad, are products of an oral tradition 0
- noun wolf Hugo (ˈhuːɡo). 1860–1903, Austrian composer, esp of songs, including the Italienisches Liederbuch and the Spanisches Liederbuch 0
- noun wolf ˈFrieˈdrich August (ˈfʀidʀɪç aʊˈgust) ; frēˈdriH ougo̅ostˈ) 1759-1824; Ger. classical scholar 0
- noun wolf ˈHugo (ˈhugoʊ ) ; ho̅oˈgō) 1860-1903; Austrian composer 0
- noun wolf any of various wild canine carnivores (genus Canis), esp. the gray wolf, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere: domestic dogs are thought to be descended from wolves 0
- noun wolf the fur of a wolf 0
- noun wolf a fierce, cruel, or greedy person 0
- noun wolf a man who flirts aggressively with many women 0
- noun wolf the dissonance of some chords on an organ, piano, etc. that has been tuned in a system of unequal temperament; also, a chord in which such dissonance is heard 0
- noun wolf an unsteadiness or breaking of certain tones in instruments of the violin group, due to faulty vibration 0
- verb transitive wolf to eat ravenously, as a wolf does 0
- noun wolf A large wild canid of certain subspecies of Canis lupus. 0
- noun wolf A man who makes amorous advances on many women. 0
- noun wolf (music) A wolf tone or wolf note; an unpleasant tone produced when a note matches the natural resonating frequency of the body of a musical instrument, the quality of which may be likened to the howl of a wolf. 0
- noun wolf One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths. 0