What is "wolves"

Wolf \Wolf\, n.; pl. Wolves. [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. [=u]lfr, Sw. ulf, Dan. ulv, Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos, Skr. v[.r]ka; also to Gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag, tear in pieces. [root]286. Cf. Lupine, a., Lyceum.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf ( Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf ( Canis occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.

2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larv[ae] of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf.

3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.

4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.

5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus. [Obs.]

   If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf into thy side.
   --Jer. Taylor.

6. (Mus.)

   1. The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.

   2. In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale.

7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. --Knight. Black wolf. (Zo["o]l.)

   1. A black variety of the European wolf which is common in the Pyrenees.

   2. A black variety of the American gray wolf. Golden wolf (Zo["o]l.), the Thibetan wolf ( Canis laniger); -- called also chanco. Indian wolf (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic wolf ( Canis pallipes) which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also landgak. Prairie wolf (Zo["o]l.), the coyote. Sea wolf. (Zo["o]l.) See in the Vocabulary. Strand wolf (Zo["o]l.) the striped hyena. Tasmanian wolf (Zo["o]l.), the zebra wolf. Tiger wolf (Zo["o]l.), the spotted hyena. To keep the wolf from the door, to keep away poverty; to prevent starvation. See Wolf, 3, above. --Tennyson. Wolf dog. (Zo["o]l.)

      1. The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees, supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of the St. Bernard dog.

      2. The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves.

   3. A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo dog.

      Wolf eel (Zo["o]l.), a wolf fish.

      Wolf fish (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large, voracious marine fishes of the genus Anarrhichas, especially the common species ( Anarrhichas lupus) of Europe and North America. These fishes have large teeth and powerful jaws. Called also catfish, sea cat, sea wolf, stone biter, and swinefish.

      Wolf net, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great numbers of fish.

      Wolf's peach (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple ( Lycopersicum esculentum).

      Wolf spider (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of running ground spiders belonging to the genus Lycosa, or family Lycosid[ae]. These spiders run about rapidly in search of their prey. Most of them are plain brown or blackish in color. See Illust. in App.

      Zebra wolf (Zo["o]l.), a savage carnivorous marsupial ( Thylacinus cynocephalus) native of Tasmania; -- called also Tasmanian wolf.

Wolves \Wolves\, n., pl. of Wolf.

n. (wolf English)

1. n. any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

2. Austrian composer (1860-1903) [syn: Hugo Wolf]

3. German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824) [syn: Friedrich August Wolf]

4. a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women [syn: woman chaser, skirt chaser, masher]

5. a cruelly rapacious person [syn: beast, savage, brute, wildcat]

6. [also: wolves (pl)]

1. v. eat hastily; "The teenager wolfed down the pizza" [syn: wolf down]

2. [also: wolves (pl)]

See wolf

Wolves is the debut studio album by Scottish indie rock band My Latest Novel, released on March 6, 2006 on Bella Union/The Worker's Institute. The album is entitled Wolves due to the collaborative nature of the band; vocalist and guitarist Gary Deveney states that the band "write like a pack."

The Special Operations Regiment is the main special operations unit of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia. Under the command of the Special Operations Regiment are the Ranger Battalion as well as the Special Force Battalion "Wolves". The Wolves unit was formed on 1 March 1994. The Special Operations Regiment is responsible for defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Macedonia from foreign hostiles. This unit is fully compatible with NATO standards.

Wolves is the third full-length album by melodic death metal band Deadlock. It was released in 2007, and featured techno beats. The track "Code of Honor" was turned into their first music video. They launched a tour in support of "Wolves" through Europe alongside Neaera and Maintain.

Wolves is a documentary short film produced for IMAX and released in 1999. The film documents the re-introduction of a pack of wolves to a remote region of Idaho. It was narrated by The Band's Robbie Robertson.

Wolves is a 2014 Canadian action horror film directed by David Hayter.

Wolves is the second full-length release album by Washington duo Idiot Pilot. It was produced by Ross Robinson(At The Drive-In, Glassjaw) and Mark Hoppus (singer and bassist of +44 and Blink 182). The third track, "Retina and the Sky" was also featured on the soundtrack of Michael Bay's film Transformers. The album had a delayed release, first digitally on August 20, 2007 and physically October 2, 2007. Wolves features guest performers Travis Barker on drums in "Elephant" and Chris Pennie on drums in the rest of the tracks.

On October 2, 2007 the only way to purchase a copy of Wolves was either through the band's official website or digitally on iTunes. The disc was available at stores starting February 12, 2008.

Wolves is picture book written and illustrated by Emily Gravett, published by Macmillan in 2005. Her first book, it won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal from the professional librarians as the year's best-illustrated children's book published in the U.K. It was also bronze runner up for the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in ages category 0–5 years.

Wolves features a rabbit who checks out a library book about wolves "approved by the National Carroticulum", and attentitively reads that book-within-a-book. In the U.S. it was published by Simon & Schuster in 2006 as "Wolves by Emily Grrrabbit".

Wolves is a 1930 British crime film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Charles Laughton, Dorothy Gish and Malcolm Keen. A woman is captured by a gang of criminals operating in the Arctic but the leader later helps her escape. It was based on a play by Georges Toudouze. It was produced by Herbert Wilcox's British and Dominions Film Corporation, but filmed at the Blattner Studios whilst sound equipment was being installed at Wilcox's nearby Imperial Studios, and the sound was added after filming was completed. It was Gish's first sound film, and was Laughton's second talkie (but his first sound drama), having completed a film of a musical variety performance earlier the same year. Of 57 minutes original duration, it was released in 1936 in a 37 minute version retitled "Wanted Men".

Wolves was released on 10 April 2013, and is a Miss Li studio album.

"Wolves" is a song by American rapper Kanye West, featuring Sia and Vic Mensa, it serves as the fourth single from his seventh studio album The Life of Pablo (2016). It was produced by Cashmere Cat and Sinjin Hawke and was originally planned to be the opening track to his seventh studio album, The Life of Pablo, although it is the thirteenth track on the final version. West debuted the song on February 12, 2015 at a fashion show where he also premiered his new Adidas shoe. The presentation was broadcast live to more than 40 locations around the world. "Wolves" became the second confirmed track from the album and originally featured Sia and Vic Mensa. The initial album version introduced a new verse from West and an additional outro from Frank Ocean, omitting Sia and Vic Mensa's contributions. However, in March 2016, the album was updated with a new version of the song that reinstated Sia and Vic Mensa's verses. Frank Ocean's outro has been split into a separate track, titled "Frank's Track", which appears after "Wolves" on the track list.

Wolves is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Bart Freundlich. The film stars Michael Shannon, Carla Gugino, Taylor John Smith, Chris Bauer and John Douglas Thompson.