Wolve
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /wʊlv/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Wolve is a verb meaning (intransitive) To behave like a wolf.
Meaning
(intransitive) To behave like a wolf.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) Of an organ, to make a hollow whining sound like that of a wolf.
- (transitive) Rare form of wolf (“to devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously”).
Example Sentences
I’d rather be the wolf than be wolved.
That chip by this addition became a feast, and the Fernbank manners, as they wolved into it, were revolting.
Already, some of the labourers were unstraddling the benches to go, having wolved a plate or two, and their piece of pie.
Also, when she wolves a sandwich—a peasant greed and sort of pious righteousness, as if “Food is Good For You. The Body Must Survive. I have a Right to this sandwich.”
Word Forms
- wolves
- wolving
- wolved
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