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wolf
The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not dingoes or dogs.
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 4
- Starts with
- W
- Ends with
- F
- Contains
- OL
- Scrabble score
- 10
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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noun
The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not dingoes or dogs.
“Check out my pet. He's a wolf.”
A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
A wolf tone or wolf note.
“The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.”
Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
“They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.”
One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.
A willying machine.
verb
To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
To hunt for wolves.
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Example Sentences
Check out my pet. He's a wolf.
The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.
They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.
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