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W0200100 (wo͝olf)n. pl. wolves (wo͝olvz) 1. a. Any of several carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, especially the gray wolf of northern regions, that typically live and hunt in packs.b. The fur of such an animal.c. Any of various similar or related mammals, such as the hyena.2. The destructive larva of any of various moths, beetles, or flies.3. One that is regarded as predatory, rapacious, and fierce.4. Slang A man who habitually makes aggressive sexual advances to women.5. Music a. A harshness in some tones of a bowed stringed instrument produced by defective vibration.b. Dissonance in perfect fifths on a keyboard instrument tuned to a system of unequal temperament.tr.v. wolfed, wolf·ing, wolfs To eat greedily or voraciously: "The town's big shots were ... wolfing down the buffet" (Ralph Ellison).Idioms: wolf at the door Creditors or a creditor. wolf in sheep's clothing One who feigns congeniality while actually holding malevolent intentions.

[Middle English, from Old English wulf; see wl̥k^wo- in Indo-European roots.]

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(wʊlf) n, pl wolves (wʊlvz) 1. (Animals) a predatory canine mammal, Canis lupus, which hunts in packs and was formerly widespread in North America and Eurasia but is now less common. See also timber wolf2. (Animals) any of several similar and related canines, such as the red wolf and the coyote (prairie wolf)3. (Textiles) the fur of any such animal4. (Animals) Tasmanian wolf another name for the thylacine5. a voracious, grabbing, or fiercely cruel person or thing6. informal a man who habitually tries to seduce women7. (Zoology) informal the destructive larva of any of various moths and beetles8. (Music, other) music a. an unpleasant sound produced in some notes played on the violin, cello, etc, owing to resonant vibrations of the bellyb. an out-of-tune effect produced on keyboard instruments accommodated esp to the system of mean-tone temperament. See temperament⁴9. cry wolf to give a false alarm10. keep the wolf from the door to ward off starvation or privation11. lone wolf a person or animal who prefers to be alone12. throw to the wolves to abandon or deliver to destruction13. wolf in sheep's clothing a malicious person in a harmless or benevolent disguisevb14. (Physiology) (often foll by: down) to gulp (down)15. (Hunting) (intr) to hunt wolves[Old English wulf; related to Old High German wolf, Old Norse ulfr, Gothic wulfs, Latin lupus and vulpēs fox] ˈwolfish adj ˈwolfˌlike adj

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(German vɔlf) n1. (Biography) Friedrich August (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈauɡʊst). 1759–1824, German classical scholar, who suggested that the Homeric poems, esp the Iliad, are products of an oral tradition2. (Biography) Hugo (ˈhuːɡo). 1860–1903, Austrian composer, esp of songs, including the Italienisches Liederbuch and the Spanisches Liederbuch3. (Biography) Howlin'. See Howlin' Wolf

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n., pl. wolves (wo͝olvz),
v. n. 1. any of several carnivorous mammals of the genus Canus, esp. the gray wolf, Canis lupus, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere. 2. any of several other large canids, as the maned wolf. 3. the fur of such an animal. 4. any of various unrelated wolflike animals, as the thylacine. 5. a cruelly rapacious person. 6. a man who makes amorous advances to many women. 7. a pitch of unstable quality or loudness sometimes occurring in a bowed musical instrument. v.t. 8. to devour voraciously (often fol. by down): to wolf one's food. v.i. 9. to hunt for wolves. Idioms: 1. cry wolf, to give a false alarm. 2. keep the wolf from the door, to avert poverty or starvation. 3. wolf in sheep's clothing, a person who conceals evil beneath an innocent exterior. [before 900; Middle English; Old English wulf, c. Old Saxon wulf, Old High German wolf, Old Norse ulfr, Gothic wulfs, Polish wilk, Skt vṛka; akin to Latin lupus, Greek lýkos] wolf′like`, adj.

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n. 1. Friedrich August, 1759–1824, German classical scholar. 2. Hugo, 1860–1903, Austrian composer.

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Past participle: wolfed
Gerund: wolfing

Imperative
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Present
I wolf
you wolf
he/she/it wolfs
we wolf
you wolf
they wolf

Preterite
I wolfed
you wolfed
he/she/it wolfed
we wolfed
you wolfed
they wolfed

Present Continuous
I am wolfing
you are wolfing
he/she/it is wolfing
we are wolfing
you are wolfing
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Present Perfect
I have wolfed
you have wolfed
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we have wolfed
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Past Continuous
I was wolfing
you were wolfing
he/she/it was wolfing
we were wolfing
you were wolfing
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Past Perfect
I had wolfed
you had wolfed
he/she/it had wolfed
we had wolfed
you had wolfed
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Future
I will wolf
you will wolf
he/she/it will wolf
we will wolf
you will wolf
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Future Perfect
I will have wolfed
you will have wolfed
he/she/it will have wolfed
we will have wolfed
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Future Continuous
I will be wolfing
you will be wolfing
he/she/it will be wolfing
we will be wolfing
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been wolfing
you have been wolfing
he/she/it has been wolfing
we have been wolfing
you have been wolfing
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been wolfing
you will have been wolfing
he/she/it will have been wolfing
we will have been wolfing
you will have been wolfing
they will have been wolfing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been wolfing
you had been wolfing
he/she/it had been wolfing
we had been wolfing
you had been wolfing
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Conditional
I would wolf
you would wolf
he/she/it would wolf
we would wolf
you would wolf
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Past Conditional
I would have wolfed
you would have wolfed
he/she/it would have wolfed
we would have wolfed
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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wolf - any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packswolf cub, wolf pup - a young wolfcanid, canine - any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzlesCanis, genus Canis - type genus of the Canidae: domestic and wild dogs; wolves; jackalsCanis lupus, gray wolf, grey wolf, timber wolf - a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North AmericaArctic wolf, Canis lupus tundrarum, white wolf - wolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tailCanis niger, Canis rufus, maned wolf, red wolf - reddish-grey wolf of southwestern North Americabrush wolf, Canis latrans, coyote, prairie wolf - small wolf native to western North America
	2.	Wolf - Austrian composer (1860-1903) Hugo Wolf
	3.	Wolf - German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)Friedrich August Wolf
	4.	wolf - a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to womenmasher, skirt chaser, woman chaserphilanderer, womaniser, womanizer - a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them
	5.	wolf - a cruelly rapacious person brute, savage, wildcat, beastaggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacks
Verb	1.	wolf - eat hastily; "The teenager wolfed down the pizza"wolf downeat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"

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verb1. (often with down) devour, stuff, bolt, cram, hoover (informal), scoff (slang), gulp, gobble, pack away (informal), gorge on, gollop I was in the changing-room wolfing down tea and sandwiches.
devour bite, peck, nip, nibble, pick atnoun1. (Informal) womanizer, seducer, Don Juan, Casanova, philanderer, Lothario, lecher, lady-killer, lech or letch (informal) My grandfather is still an old wolf.Related words
adjective lupine
female bitch
young cub, whelp
collective nouns pack, rout, herd

wolf

nounSlang. A man who philanders:Casanova, Don Juan, lady's man, philanderer, womanizer.Slang: lady-killer.Idioms: man on the make, skirt chaser.verbTo swallow (food or drink) greedily or rapidly in large amounts:bolt, down, englut, engorge, gobble, gulp, guzzle, ingurgitate, swill.

Translations

狼狼吞虎咽

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(wulf) – plural wolves (wulvz) – noun a type of wild animal of the dog family, usually found hunting in packs. 狼 verb to eat greedily. He wolfed (down) his breakfast and hurried out.狼吞虎咽ˈwolf-cub noun1. a young wolf. 狼崽2. an old name for a Cub Scout. 小童子军ˈwolf-whistle noun a whistle impolitely made by a man to express his admiration of a woman's appearance. （男人对女人）轻佻的口哨声 keep the wolf from the door to keep away hunger or want. 勉强度日

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wolf,

carnivorous mammal of the genus Canis in the dogdog,
carnivorous, domesticated wolf (Canis lupus familiaris) of the family Canidae, to which the jackal and fox also belong. The family Canidae is sometimes referred to as the dog family, and its characteristics, e.g.
..... Click the link for more information. family. Once distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, wild wolves are now confined to the wilder parts of a reduced range. Three wolf species (the gray wolf, red wolf, and coyote) have been generally recognized, although there is much local variation within them; some scientists have questioned whether the red wolf is truly a separate species (see below).

Other living members of the genus Canis include the jackaljackal,
name for several Old World carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, which also includes the dog and the wolf. Jackals are found in Africa and S Asia, where they inhabit deserts, grasslands, and brush country.
..... Click the link for more information. and the dog, which is classified as a subspecies (Canis lupus familiaris of the gray wolf. All Canis species can interbreed, producing fertile offspring; the Eskimos have interbred wolves and dogs to produce hardy animals for pulling sleds. The maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus, found in wooded areas of central South America, is not a true wolf, although it is a canine (member of the dog family). It has extremely long, stiltlike legs and an erectile mane on the neck. Strand wolf is a name for the brown hyenahyena
, carnivorous, chiefly nocturnal mammal of the Old World family Hyaenidae. Although doglike in appearance, hyenas are more closely related to civets (family Viverridae) and cats (family Felidae) than to dogs (family Canidae).
..... Click the link for more information. (not a canine) of Africa. The aardwolfaardwolf
, carnivore of the hyena family. The aardwolf, Proteles cristatus, resembles the true hyena but is smaller and more delicate. It has less powerful teeth and jaws and five instead of four toes on its forepaws.
..... Click the link for more information. is also a member of the hyena family.

The Gray Wolf

The most widespread is the gray wolf, C. lupus, of circumpolar distribution; in addition to the domestic dog, its subspecies include the timber wolf, the arctic wolf, and the dingodingo
, wild dog (Canis lupus dingo) of Australia, believed to have been introduced thousands of years ago from SE Asia by the aboriginal settlers of that continent; currently regarded as a subspecies of the gray wolf.
..... Click the link for more information. . Extinct in W Europe except in a few isolated pockets, it is still found in SE Europe, Russia, and much of Asia. In the New World it is found in wilderness forests and tundra from Greenland and the shores and islands of the Arctic Ocean to the extreme N United States. There is and has been a healthy population in Alaska, but the gray wolf was an endangered species in the 48 contiguous United States. Thus protected, it has steadily increased its range since the late 1980s, especially in the Great Lakes region in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan and in the states surrounding Yellowstone National Park, where Canadian wolves were introduced in 1995 in the hope of restoring balance to the Yellowstone ecosystem. Canadian wolves were also introduced in central Idaho in 1995 and 1996, and natural reproduction has since steadily increased the numbers of both populations. Wolves have also migrated into NW Montana from Canada and established themselves there. Wolves in these states and in portions of some states bordering them are now no longer considered endangered. The Mexican wolf, a subspecies, was extinct in the wild but has been reintroduced on protected parklands in E Arizona and SW New Mexico. The Eastern wolf, found in the N Great Lakes region and to its east, has been considered a gray wolf subspecies, a separate species (C. lycaon), a red wolf, a gray wolf–red wolf hybrid, or a gray wolf–coyote hybrid. Smaller than the gray wolf, its fur is grayish brown, mixed with gray and cinnamon.

The gray wolf is similar in appearance to a German shepherd, with a thick, shaggy coat, erect ears, and a bushy tail. Its fur is usually gray mixed with black and brown but may be nearly black or, in the Arctic, nearly white. An average-sized adult male is about 3 ft (90 cm) high at the shoulder and 4 ft (120 cm) long, excluding the tail, and weighs about 100 lb (45 kg); some individuals weigh twice as much.

Active mostly at night, gray wolves prey on birds and small mammals and on weak members of larger species, such as deer; they also eat vegetable matter and some carrion. They can run at speeds of up to 35 mi (56 km) per hour and can clear 16 ft (4.9 m) in a single bound. While hunting they can maintain a speed of about 20 mi (32 km) per hr for many hours, eventually wearing down even the swiftest prey. They roam over large areas and may migrate in response to migrations by or numerical fluctuations in their prey species.

Gray wolves hunt singly and in family groups, called packs, which typically include about five individuals. Under severe conditions, especially in winter, several families may join together, forming a pack of up to 30 individuals, rarely more. During the mating season a wolf pair establish a den, usually in a cave or underground burrow, in which they raise the young; both parents bring home food. A pair is believed to remain mated for life.

Because of farmers' fears of raids on livestock, which wolves usually take only when wild prey is unavailable, gray wolves have been hunted ruthlessly, resulting in their extermination in all but the most sparsely populated areas. North American gray wolves have not been known to attack humans without provocation, although Siberian gray wolves have on occasion attacked riders of horses or horse-drawn vehicles. There are many stories of human children being raised by gray wolves, particularly in India, but none has been authenticated.

Red Wolves and Coyotes

The red wolf, C. rufus, is a smaller species that varies in color from reddish gray to nearly black, but are typically brown and buff with some black along the backs and often a reddish color on their ears, head and legs. It has been nearly eradicated from most of its range in the forest and brush country of the E and S central United States and is listed as endangered. However, captive breeding programs are slowly increasing its numbers, and some have been reintroduced to the wild. The red wolf is similar in behavior to, and has been considered by some scientists to be a hybrid of, the prairie wolf, C. latrans, better known as the coyotecoyote
or prairie wolf,
small, swift wolf, Canis latrans, native to W North America. Historically found in deserts, prairies, open woodlands, and brush country, it is increasingly colonizing urban habitats; it is also called brush wolf.
..... Click the link for more information. . One DNA study concluded that the red wolf is a gray wolf–coyote hybrid, with the majority of its genome of coyote origin.

Smallest of the wolves, coyotes are still widespread in W North America. Real estate development in their traditional habitat, combined with the opening up of the ecological niche formerly filled by gray wolves and mountain lions, has prompted coyotes to greatly increase their range; they are now common in E North America and have developed populations in large urban centers such as Chicago, New York City, and Toronto. Eastern coyotes are generally larger, primarily as a result of interbreeding with wolves; such hybrid coyotes are sometimes called coywolves.

Classification

Wolves are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Canidae.

Bibliography

See E. Zimen, Wolf: A Species in Danger (1981); F. H. Harrington and P. C. Paquet, Wolves of the World (1982); J. L. Gittleman, Carnivore Behavior, Ecology and Evolution (1989); T. D. Beeland, The Secret World of Red Wolves (2013).

Wolf

(Canis lupus), a predatory mammal of the dog family (Canidae). Its body measures 105-160 cm in length. It weighs 35-50 kg and, in rare cases, as much as 76 kg. The wolf is distributed in Europe, Asia, and North America; in the USSR it is found everywhere but on the Solovetskie Islands, in the southern Crimea, and on some islands of the Far East and the Arctic basin. It is most common in the steppes, particularly in areas where there is free pasturing of cattle; it is also often found in the desert but is rare in solid taiga regions. The wolf is gray in color; the tundra wolf is lighter in color and the desert wolf is grayish-red. The wolf feeds mainly on animals: wild and domesticated ungulates, dogs, hare, and small rodents. Wolves live in pairs during the breeding season and in late autumn and the beginning of winter sometimes form packs of up to 10-12 animals. In the spring, after 62-65 days of pregnancy, the females give birth to between three and 10-13 (most often five) blind pups, which begin to see after 12-13 days. Only steppe and desert wolves dig burrows; forest wolves raise their young in dens beneath felled trees, in reeds, and in other dry, secluded places. The parents feed the cubs regurgitated meat and later, killed prey. In the autumn the pups begin hunting with the adults. Wolves are harmful to livestock raising and hunting, and their destruction is permitted throughout the USSR during all seasons of the year.

REFERENCES

Sokolov, A. A. Volk. Moscow, 1951.
Mlekopitaiushchie Sovetskogo Soiuza, vol. 2, part 1. Edited by V. G. Geptner and N. P. Naumov. Moscow, 1967. Pages 123-93.

I. I. SOKOLOV

What does it mean when you dream about a wolf?

The wolf is another symbol that may be regarded as either good or evil. The fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood represents the onset of sexual maturity in young women, and the wolf represents the seductive “evil” male who tries to eliminate the protection of the wise old woman, Grandma. The honorable “good” male figure of the woodcutter values the feminine principle by protecting Red with his strength. The Native American values the wolf as a serene, majestic teacher, guide, and source of sacred wisdom. Some tribes relate the feminine lunar aspect of life to the wolf, while other tribal groups consider the wolf a strong warrior symbol for the male. Unless other dream elements point to a “big bad wolf” interpretation, this dream symbol may well represent “good medicine.”

wolf

[wu̇lf] (acoustics) A dissonant interval which appears when the meantone scale is extended to include chromatic notes. (vertebrate zoology) Any of several wild species of the genus Canis in the family Canidae which are fierce and rapacious, sometimes attacking humans; includes the red wolf, gray wolf, and coyote.

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symbol on coats of arms. [Heraldry: Halberts, 16]See: Cunning

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symbol of success on coats of arms. [Heraldry: Halberts, 16]See: Success

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1. a predatory canine mammal, Canis lupus, which hunts in packs and was formerly widespread in North America and Eurasia but is now less common 2. any of several similar and related canines, such as the red wolf and the coyote (prairie wolf) 3. the fur of any such animal 4. Tasmanian wolf another name for the thylacine5. Informal the destructive larva of any of various moths and beetles 6. Musica. an unpleasant sound produced in some notes played on the violin, cello, etc., owing to resonant vibrations of the belly b. an out-of-tune effect produced on keyboard instruments accommodated esp to the system of mean-tone temperament

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1. Friedrich August . 1759--1824, German classical scholar, who suggested that the Homeric poems, esp the Iliad, are products of an oral tradition 2. Hugo . 1860--1903, Austrian composer, esp of songs, including the Italienisches Liederbuch and the Spanisches Liederbuch

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verb devour

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noun womanizer

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noun a man who philanders

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verb to swallow (food or drink) greedily or rapidly in large amounts

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noun any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

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noun Austrian composer (1860-1903)

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noun German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)

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noun a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

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noun a cruelly rapacious person

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verb eat hastily

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