wolves
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/ˈwʊlvz/
English
Definitions
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.”
verb
- To behave like a wolf.
- Of an organ, to make a hollow whining sound like that of a wolf.
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