wolves

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈwʊlvz/
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/ˈwʊlvz/ · /ˈwʊvz/

Definition of wolves

5 senses · 3 parts of speech

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of wolf
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noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of wolf
  2. (form-of, genitive, obsolete)genitive of wolf
    “Lŭpātus, a, um, Bridled with a ſharp bit, Sharp like a Wolves teeth.”
    “Fab[le]. CLV. A Shepherd and a Wolves Whelp. A Shepherd took a Sucking Whelp of a Wolfe, and Train’d it up with his Dogs.”
    “[…] for he remembred to have read, that if one of theſe Flowers gather’d in Auguſt, when the Sun is in Leo, and if after wrapp’d up in a Lawrel Leaf, with a Wolves Tooth, this little Pacquet be laid in a Church; […]”

verb

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of wolve

name

  1. Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
  2. (UK, slang)The city of Wolverhampton, England.
    “[…] a resident of Wolverhampton, Kirtan Singh, explained: 'A slum house in Wolves is not worth even £500. […]”

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