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wolving

wolving is the present participle and gerund of wolve.

Meaning of wolve

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

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Questions about wolving

What is wolving the present participle and gerund of?
Wolving is the present participle and gerund of wolve.

Words near wolving in the dictionary

  1. wolves in wool
  2. wolves of Wall Street
  3. wolvess
  4. wolvesses
  5. Wolvey
  6. wolving
  7. wolving down
  8. wolvish
  9. wolvishly
  10. Wolynetz
  11. Wolyniec

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