Collins English-English Dictionary

wolf [wυlf]

1. 1. n 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 wolf

2. 2. n null wolf note

3. 3. n any of several similar and related canines, such as the red wolf and the coyote (prairie wolf)

4. 4. n the fur of any such animal

5. 5. n another name for the thylacine

6. 6. n a voracious, grabbing, or fiercely cruel person or thing

7. 7. n [informal] a man who habitually tries to seduce women

8. 8. n [informal] the destructive larva of any of various moths and beetles

9. 9. n [music] an unpleasant sound produced in some notes played on the violin, cello, etc, owing to resonant vibrations of the belly

10. 10. n an out-of-tune effect produced on keyboard instruments accommodated esp to the system of mean-tone temperament - See temperament

11. 11. vt. [tr; often foll by down] to gulp (down)

12. 12. vi. [intr] to hunt wolves

13. 13. vi. [Etymology] Old English wulf; related to Old High German wolf, Old Norse ulfr, Gothic wulfs, Latin lupus and vulpes fox