wolf

CEFRA1

/wʊlf/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A wild animal related to dogs that lives and hunts in groups.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A man who makes amorous advances to many women.

Examples

  • Thousands of Americans have a hard time keeping the wolf from the door.

  • We are trying to keep the wolf from the door.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [wʊɫf]
  • [wʊwf]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.

  2. Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.

  3. A wolf tone or wolf note.

More examples

In context

  • The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.

  • They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.

  • the bee wolf

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Cognate with Scots wouf, North Frisian wulew, Saterland Frisian and German Low German Wulf, West Frisian, Alemannic German, and Dutch wolf, Bavarian bolf, bölf, Woif, Cimbrian and Mòcheno bolf, German Wolf, Luxembourgish Wollef, Vilamovian wuf, Yiddish וואָלף (volf), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk ulv, Faroese úlvur, Icelandic úlfur, Swedish ulf, ulv, Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃 (wulfs); also Irish and Scottish Gaelic olc (“bad, evil”), Lepontic 𐌖𐌋𐌊𐌏𐌔 (ulkos), Manx olk (“bad”), Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka), Persian گرگ (gorg), Latgalian vylks, Latvian vìlks, Lithuanian vilkas, Belarusian воўк (vowk), Bulgarian вълк (vǎlk), Czech and Slovak vlk, Macedonian and Russian волк (volk), Polish...