wolf
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[edit] Etymology
Middle English, from Old English wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos; akin to Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka), Persian گرگ (gorg), Lithuanian vilkas, Russian волк (volk), Albanian ujk, Latin vulpes (“fox”).
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- enPR: wo͝olf, IPA: /ˈwʊlf/, [ˈwʊɫf], SAMPA: /"wUlf/
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wolf (plural wolves)
- A large wild canid (member of the dog family), closely related to, and at times consanguineous to the domestic dog, which is considered a subspecies of the wolf.
- A man who makes amorous advances on many women.
- (music) A wolf interval. An unpleasant musical discord produced on a string or keyboard instrument.
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- (large wild canid): Canis lupus
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- (animal): she-wolf
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terms derived from "wolf"
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animal
constellation — see Lupus
man who makes amorous advances on many women
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[edit] Verb
wolf (third-person singular simple present wolfs, present participle wolfing, simple past and past participle wolfed)
- (transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
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to devour
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[edit] Noun
wolf (plural wolwe, diminutive wolfie, plural dimunutive wolfies)
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[edit] Etymology
From Old Dutch *wulf, *wolf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz.
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[edit] Noun
wolf m. (plural wolven, diminutive wolfje, feminine wolvin)
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[edit] Middle English
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Old English wulf
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wolf (plural wolves)
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wolf m.
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wolf c. (plural wolven)
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