wolf
wolf1 /wʊlf/ 
noun (plural wolves /wʊlvz/) [countable]
1. a wild animal that looks like a large dog and lives and hunts in groups:
a pack of wolves
2. a wolf in sheep’s clothing someone who seems to be friendly or harmless but is in fact dangerous, dishonest etc
3. keep the wolf from the door to earn just enough money to buy the basic things you need:
I work part-time in a coffee shop just to keep the wolf from the door.
—wolfish adjective:
a wolfish grin
⇨ cry wolf at cry1(7), ⇨ lone wolf at lone(3)
wolf2 (also wolf down) verb [transitive]
informal to eat something very quickly, swallowing it in big pieces
SYN gobble
| I |
noun (plural wolves /wʊlvz/) [countable] Language: Old English
Origin: wulf
Origin: wulf
1. a wild animal that looks like a large dog and lives and hunts in groups:
2. a wolf in sheep’s clothing someone who seems to be friendly or harmless but is in fact dangerous, dishonest etc
3. keep the wolf from the door to earn just enough money to buy the basic things you need:
—wolfish adjective:
⇨ cry wolf at cry1(7), ⇨ lone wolf at lone(3)
| II |
(also wolf down) verb [transitive]informal to eat something very quickly, swallowing it in big pieces
SYN gobble