English dictionary
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English noun: wolf | |||
| 1. | wolf (animal) any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | canid, canine | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Arctic wolf, brush wolf, Canis latrans, Canis lupus, Canis lupus tundrarum, Canis niger, Canis rufus, coyote, gray wolf, grey wolf, maned wolf, prairie wolf, red wolf, timber wolf, white wolf, wolf cub, wolf pup | ||
| Member meronym | Canis, genus Canis | ||
| 2. | Wolf (person) Austrian composer (1860-1903) | ||
| Synonyms | Hugo Wolf | ||
| Instance hypernym | composer | ||
| 3. | Wolf (person) German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824) | ||
| Synonyms | Friedrich August Wolf | ||
| Instance hypernym | classical scholar, classicist | ||
| 4. | wolf (person) a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women | ||
| Synonyms | masher, skirt chaser, woman chaser | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | philanderer, womaniser, womanizer | ||
| 5. | wolf (person) a cruelly rapacious person | ||
| Synonyms | beast, brute, savage, wildcat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker | ||
English verb: wolf | |||
| 1. | wolf (consumption) eat hastily | ||
| Samples | The teenager wolfed down the pizza. | ||
| Examples | They wolf more bread | ||
| Synonyms | wolf down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | eat | ||
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