Antonyms for wolf down

Grammar : Verb

Spell : woo lf

Phonetic Transcription : wʊlf

Definition of wolf down

Origin : Old English wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz (cf. Old Saxon wulf, Old Norse ulfr, Old Frisian, Dutch, Old High German, German wolf, Gothic wulfs), from PIE *wlqwos/*lukwos, from root *wlp-/*lup- (cf. Sanskrit vrkas, Avestan vehrka-; Albanian ulk; Old Church Slavonic vluku; Russian volcica; Lithuanian vilkas "wolf;" Old Persian Varkana- "Hyrcania," district southeast of the Caspian Sea, literally "wolf-land;" probably also Greek lykos, Latin lupus).
This manne can litle skyl ... to saue himself harmlesse from the perilous accidentes of this world, keping ye wulf from the doore (as they cal it). ["The Institution of a Gentleman," 1555]
Wolves as a symbol of lust are ancient, e.g. Roman slang lupa "whore," literally "she-wolf" (preserved in Spanish loba, Italian lupa, French louve). The equation of "wolf" and "prostitute, sexually voracious female" persisted into 12c., but by Elizabethan times wolves had become primarily symbolic of male lust. The specific use of wolf for "sexually aggressive male" first recorded 1847; wolf-whistle first attested 1952. The image of a wolf in sheep's skin is attested from c.1400. See here for a discussion of "wolf" in Indo-European history.

As in pig out : verb eat a lot
As in put away : verb consume
As in ingurgitate : verb gulp
As in devour : verb swallow, consume
As in gulp : verb eat, drink fast

Example sentences :

Now the wind came like a wolf down the Murchison Pass, howling and moaning.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

After liberating the mastiff, I went to the fort, and got Ham Crow to come with his dogs and run the wolf down.
Extract from : « Memoirs of John R. Young » by John Young

Nevertheless they bore their crests high as they followed the Wolf down into the meadow, where all was now ready for departure.
Extract from : « The House of the Wolfings » by William Morris

He does not wolf down a cold supper and then spread his blanket wherever he happens to be standing.
Extract from : « Notes of a War Correspondent » by Richard Harding Davis

With these words he threw the wolf down, and away he ran as fast as his legs would carry him.
Extract from : « Rumanian Bird and Beast Stories » by Anonymous

Synonyms for wolf down

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