wolf

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Gray wolf.

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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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wolf (plural wolves)

  1. 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.
  2. A man who makes amorous advances on many women.
  3. (music) A wolf interval. An unpleasant musical discord produced on a string or keyboard instrument.

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wolf (third-person singular simple present wolfs, present participle wolfing, simple past and past participle wolfed)

  1. (transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.

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wolf (plural wolwe, diminutive wolfie, plural dimunutive wolfies)

  1. wolf

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From Old Dutch *wulf, *wolf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz.

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wolf m. (plural wolven, diminutive wolfje, feminine wolvin)

  1. wolf

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Old English wulf

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wolf (plural wolves)

  1. wolf

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wolf m.

  1. wolf

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wolf c. (plural wolven)

  1. wolf
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