wolves

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of wolf. Use this form when you mean more than one wolf.

   Wolves hunt in coordinated packs across the open tundra.

   The farmers feared the wolves circling their flock at night.

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2. 2
   verb

   The form of wolve used with he, she, it, or a singular noun. Rare: for eating fast, people say wolfs.

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3. 3
   nounobsoletegenitive

   Genitive form of wolf. This is an old way to show that something belongs to a wolf.

   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.

   1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Æsop, &c.] Fab[le] CLV. A Shepherd and a Wolves Whelp.”Here, Wolves means a wolf's, belonging to a wolf.

   Lŭpātus, a, um, Bridled with a ſharp bit, Sharp like a Wolves teeth.

   1679, Elisha Coles, A DictionaryHere, Wolves means a wolf's.

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