wolf

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Noun

1. {{sid|en|Q18498}}{{lb|en|countable}} {{taxfmt|Canis lupus|species}}; the largest wild member of the [[Caninae|canine]] subfamily.
2. A man who makes [[amorous]] [[advance]]s to many women.
3. {{lb|en|music}} A [[wolf tone]] or [[wolf note]].
4. {{lb|en|figurative}} Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, [[want]]; [[starvation]].
5. One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
6. A white worm which infests granaries, the [[larva]] of {{taxlink|Nemapogon granella|species}}, a [[tineid]] [[moth]].
7. A [[wolf spider]] ({{taxfmt|Lycosidae|family}} spp.).
8. {{lb|en|obsolete}} An eating ulcer or sore. See {{m|en|lupus}}.
9. A [[willy]]ing [[machine]], that uses willow twigs to cleanse wool.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[devour]]; to [[gobble]]; to [[eat]] (something) [[voraciously]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive|slang}} To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[hunt]] for wolves.

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.