Meaning of Wolf | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
   countable
2. The constellation Lupus.
3. A surname transferred from the given name.
4. Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.
   countable
5. A male given name.
6. A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
7. A wolf tone or wolf note.
8. Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
   figuratively
9. One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
10. A white worm which infests granaries, the larva of Nemapogon granella, a tineid moth.
11. A wolf spider.
12. An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.
    obsolete
13. A willying machine, to cleanse wool or willow.

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Examples

“He would listen⟳ quietly at meetings of the Politburo, or to distinguished visitors, puffing at his Dunhill pipe, doodling aimlessly - his secretaries Poskrebyshev and Dvinsky write⟳ that his pads were sometimes covered with the phrase ‘Lenin-teacher-friend’, but the last⟳ foreigner to visit⟳ him, in February 1953, noted that he was doodling wolves.”

“The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.”

“They toiled hard to keep⟳ the wolf from the door.”

“the bee wolf”

““[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have⟳ such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell⟳ you, so many warnings to give⟳ you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.””

“If God should send⟳ a cancer upon thy face⟳, or a wolf into thy side”

“The loosening and purifying of the raw cotton from the various impurities , such as sand, grit, &c., is accomplished by beating with the hand, or by the Wolf machine, by means of a cylinder, the surface of which is covered with sharp iron⟳ teeth”

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