wolf
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
Types & categories
- canid hypernym
- wolf pup hyponym
- timber wolf hyponym
- white wolf hyponym
- red wolf hyponym
- coyote hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Canis member holonym
Sense 2 verb
eat hastily
The teenager wolfed down the pizza
Types & categories
- eat hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
Types & categories
- womanizer hypernym
Related & opposite
- flirt derivation
Sense 4 noun
a cruelly rapacious person
Types & categories
- aggressor hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Canis |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | canid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wolf pup |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | timber wolf |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | white wolf |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | red wolf |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coyote |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | eat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flirt |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | womanizer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | savage |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fell |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | aggressor |