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.

Equivalents

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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