wolves

CEFRA1

/ˈwʊlvz/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Plural of wolf; wild animals related to dogs.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    genitive of wolf

Examples

  • The fence was not high enough to keep the wolves out.

  • Wolves won't usually attack people.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈwʊvz/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wolve

More examples

In context

  • Fab[le]. CLV. A Shepherd and a Wolves Whelp. A Shepherd took a Sucking Whelp of a Wolfe, and Train’d it up with his Dogs.

  • Lŭpātus, a, um, Bridled with a ſharp bit, Sharp like a Wolves teeth.

  • […] for he remembred to have read, that if one of theſe Flowers gather’d in Auguſt, when the Sun is in Leo, and if after wrapp’d up in a Lawrel Leaf, with a Wolves Tooth, this little Pacquet be laid in a Church; […]

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The blank, the largest members of the dog family, howl to communicate over long distances.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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