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A large wild canid of certain subspecies of Canis lupus .
A man who makes amorous advances on many women.
(music) A wolf tone or wolf note; an unpleasant tone produced when a note matches the natural resonating frequency of the body of a musical instrument, the quality of which may be likened to the howl of a wolf.
One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
(figurative) Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
* , chapter=7
, title= A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
(obsolete) An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.
* Jeremy Taylor
A willying machine.
To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
* 1987 , James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia
* 2013 , Neil Martin, Collected Stories of the Sea
Of or relating to the Bible.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=3 In accordance with the teachings of the Bible (according to some interpretation of it).
Very great; especially, exceeding previous records in scale.
As a noun wolf
is a large wild canid of certain subspecies of canis lupus .As a verb wolf
is to devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.As a adjective biblical is
of or relating to the bible.wolf
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Noun
(wolves)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“
- If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf into thy side.
- (Knight)
Hypernyms
* (large wild canid) Canis lupus , canidHyponyms
* (large wild canid) she-wolfCoordinate terms
* (large wild canid) dingo, dog ; coyote, jackal, fox (other canids)Derived terms
(terms derived from "wolf") * Big Bad Wolf * cry wolf * grey wolf, gray wolf * Mexican wolf * raised by wolves * red wolf * sea wolf * she-wolf * Tasmanian wolf * werewolf * white wolf * wolf cub * wolf down * wolf in sheep's clothing * wolf interval * wolfie * wolfish * wolflike * wolf tone * wolvenVerb
- After a wolfed burger dinner, I called the night number at Administrative Vice and inquired about known lesbian gathering places.
- Vicars seated himself and began wolfing a sandwich.
Synonyms
* gulp down, wolf downExternal links
* (wikipedia)Anagrams
* ----biblical
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Alternative forms
* BiblicalAdjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}
- Tithing is both a quranic and biblical virtue.
- of biblical''' proportions''; ''with '''biblical fury