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wolve

/wʊlv/

wolve verb: to behave like a wolf. Also the rare form of wolf.

Verb

wolve (third-person singular simple present wolves, present participle wolving, simple past and past participle wolved)

  1. (intransitive) To behave like a wolf.
  2. (intransitive) Of an organ, to make a hollow whining sound like that of a wolf.
    • he had returned to his schoolboy's script, to distant Evensongs, to the wolving of the ancient chapel organ as the last light is extinguished and the door latched for the long night.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 784

Also used as

wolve is also the rare form of wolf.

Forms of wolve

third-person singular presentwolves
present participlewolving
past participlewolved
pastwolved

Origin of wolve

From inflected stem of wolf.

Words formed from wolve

Questions about wolve

What does wolve mean?
Wolve means to behave like a wolf.
What part of speech is wolve?
Wolve is a verb.
How do you pronounce wolve?
Wolve is pronounced /wʊlv/.
What is the past tense of wolve?
The past tense of wolve is wolved.

Words near wolve in the dictionary

  1. Wolterstorff
  2. Woltman
  3. Woltmans
  4. Wolumla
  5. Wolv
  6. wolve
  7. wolve down
  8. wolveboon
  9. wolved
  10. wolved down
  11. wolven

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