wolfs

verb

present tense third-person singular of wolf
as in devours
to swallow or eat greedily don't wolf your food or you'll be sick

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  1. devours
  2. inhales
  3. gulps
  4. ravens
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  • Usually, either a star and its companion mind their own business or the star completely and rapidly devours its neighbor.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The larvae come from the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly, which invades open wounds or the mucous membranes of body openings in any warm-blooded animal, including humans, and devours tissue, causing the wounds to become increasingly deep and painful.
    — Abraham Tellez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of devours
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  • The child inhales for four counts, holds for four counts, exhales for four counts and holds again for four counts.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The chemical is particularly tough on the human respiratory system and, depending on how much a person inhales, MMA can cause everything from sore throats and cough to dizziness, nausea and, at the highest levels, damage to the nervous system, Kleinman said.
    — Sierra van der Brug, Oc Register, 23 May 2026
Definition of inhales
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  • Sang-woo, who’d previously refused to drink soju with Ho-seok and Mi-ok, gulps down a fifteen-hundred-dollar bottle of Gaja Chardonnay.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The customer gulps it down in a single stretch and drops it into a bin – visible proof of his relief, at least for this moment, from the sweltering heat.
    — Light Oriye Tamunotonye, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of gulps
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  • Like their Corvidae relatives, both ravens and crows are highly intelligent.
    — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Puppeteers manipulate dynamic horses, dragons, dogs, jousters and ravens alongside 36 cast members.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of ravens
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“Wolfs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wolfs. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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