Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic, informal)To consume (food) quickly or greedily, without regard for table manners.

    He wolfed down a ham sandwich.

    verschlingen

More definitions
  • eat hastily

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Don't wolf down your food. You should eat more slowly.

    ruНе лопай так быстро. Ты должен есть медленнее.

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  2. Don't wolf your food down. You should eat more slowly.

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  3. It's rude to wolf down your food like that.

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  4. You're too greedy wolfing the food down.

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  5. You'll choke if you wolf your food down like that.

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
consume quickly:

Forms

wolfs down, wolfing down, wolfed down, wolfed down
Base formwolf down · to wolf down
3rd person singularwolfs down
Present participlewolfing down
Past simplewolfed down
Past participlewolfed down

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywolf down
he, she, itwolfs down

Past simpleLesson

all personswolfed down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wolfed down
he, she, ithas wolfed down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wolf down

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

12 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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