Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.

    herunterschlingen

    пожира́тьpožirátʹ, пожра́тьpožrátʹ

    eat hastily

  2. (intransitive, slang)To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.

  3. (intransitive)To hunt for wolves.

Examples

544 sentences
  1. Tom is pretty sure he saw a wolf.

    Том упевнений, що бачив волка. — deniko

  2. Tom is pretty sure that he saw a wolf.

    Том упевнений, що бачив волка. — deniko

  3. Have you ever seen a wolf?

    Ти коли-небудь бачив вовка? — deniko

    ruТы когда-нибудь видел волка? — marafon

  4. Is it a wolf?

    Це вовк? — deniko

    ruЭто волк? — Selena777

    deIst es ein Wolf? — Yorwba

  5. Tom shot the wolf.

    Том вистрелив у вовка. — deniko

    ruТом застрелил волка. — Wezel

    deTom hat den Wolf erschossen. — foamy

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to devour:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to devour:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English wolf, from Old English wulf, ƿulf, from Proto-West Germanic

Inherited from Middle English wolf, from Old English wulf, ƿulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Doublet of lobo and lupus.

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Forms

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

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personswolfed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wolf

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
devour, gobble:gulp downwolf down
Close in meaning

Collocations

5 patterns
  • wolves howling
  • descended from wolves
  • wolves around here
  • wolves around
  • is a wolf

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wolf — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto