DIRE WOLF

Meaning of DIRE WOLF in English

noun Date: 1925 a large extinct wolflike mammal ( Canis dirus ) known from Pleistocene deposits of North America

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

DIRE WOLF — Extinct wolf ( Canis dirus ) that existed during the Pleistocene Epoch (1.8 million–10,000 years ago), probably the most common …
Английский словарь Британика
DIRE WOLF — noun : a large lupine mammal ( Canis dirus or Aenocyon dirus ) found in Pleistocene deposits of No. America
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIRE WOLF — an extinct wolf, Canis dirus, widespread in North America during the Pleistocene Epoch, having a larger body and a smaller …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIRE WOLF — Date: 1925 : a large extinct wolflike mammal ( Canis dirus ) known from Pleistocene deposits of North America
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIRE WOLF — Function: noun Date: 1925 : a large extinct wolflike mammal ( Canis dirus ) known from Pleistocene deposits of No. …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DIRE WOLF — [dire wolf] n (1925): a large extinct lupine mammal (Canis dirus) known from Pleistocene deposits of No. America
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DIRE WOLF — (species Canis dirus), wolf that existed during the Pleistocene Epoch (1,600,000 to 10,000 years ago). It is probably the most …
Britannica English vocabulary
DIRE WOLF — Extinct wolf ( Canis dirus ) that existed during the Pleistocene Epoch (1.8 million10,000 years ago), probably the most common …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DIRE WOLF — Ужасный волк
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DIRE — terribil, trist
English interlingue dictionary
WOLF — I Any of three extant species of canine . The gray, or timber, wolf ( Canis lupus ) is the …
Английский словарь Британика
WOLF — I. ˈwu̇lf noun ( plural wolves -lvz ; see sense 1 ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIRE — ˈdī(ə)r, -īə adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Latin dirus; akin to Greek dedienai to fear, deos fear, deinos terrible, Avestan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIRE — (superl.) Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
Английский словарь Webster
DIRE — ( superl. ) Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WOLF — — wolflike , adj. /woolf/ , n. , pl. wolves /woolvz/ , v. n. 1. any of several large carnivorous …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIRE — — direly , adv. — direness , n. /duyeur/ , adj., direr, direst . 1. causing or involving great fear …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WOLF — I. ˈwu̇lf noun ( plural wolves ˈwu̇lvz) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wulf; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIRE — adjective ( dir·er ; dir·est ) Etymology: Latin dirus; akin to Greek deinos terrifying, Sanskrit dveṣṭi he hates Date: 1565 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WOLF — adj a willying machine. 2. wolf ·adj an eating ulcer or sore. ·cf. lupus. 3. wolf ·adj a white worm, …
Webster English vocab
DIRE — superl ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens. 2. dire ·superl evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
Webster English vocab
WOLF — [wolf] n, pl wolves often attrib [ME, fr. OE wulf; akin to OHG wolf wolf, L lupus, Gk lykos] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DIRE — [dire] adj dir.er ; dir.est [L dirus; akin to Gk deinos terrifying, Skt dvesti he hates] (1567) 1 a: exciting …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WOLF — Gray wolf (Canis lupus). either of two species of wild doglike carnivores of the family Canidae. The gray, or timber, …
Britannica English vocabulary
DIRE — dire BrE AmE ˈda ɪ ‿ə AmE ˈdaɪ‿ ə r ▷ direr ˈda ɪ ‿ər ə AmE ˈdaɪ‿ ə r …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WOLF — / wʊlf; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( pl. wolves / wʊlvz; NAmE /) a large wild animal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIRE — / ˈdaɪə(r); NAmE / adjective ( direr , dir·est ) 1. [ usually before noun ] ( formal ) very …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOLF — I. wolf 1 /wʊlf/ BrE AmE noun ( plural wolves /wʊlvz/) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wulf ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DIRE — dire /daɪə $ daɪr/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: dirus ] 1 . extremely …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WOLF — n. & v. --n. (pl. wolves) 1 a wild flesh-eating tawny-grey mammal related to the dog, esp. Canis lupus, preying …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DIRE — adj. 1 a calamitous, dreadful (in dire straits). b ominous (dire warnings). 2 urgent (in dire need). øødirely adv. direness …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WOLF — n. & v. n. (pl. wolves) 1 a wild flesh-eating tawny-grey mammal related to the dog, esp. Canis lupus, preying …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIRE — adj. 1 a calamitous, dreadful (in dire straits). b ominous (dire warnings). 2 urgent (in dire need). direly adv. direness …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WOLF — n. & v. --n. (pl. wolves) 1. a wild flesh-eating tawny-grey mammal related to the dog, esp. Canis lupus, preying …
Oxford English vocab
DIRE — adj.1 a calamitous, dreadful (in dire straits). b ominous (dire warnings). 2 urgent (in dire need). Derivatives: direly adv. direness …
Oxford English vocab
WOLF — ( wolves, wolfs, wolfing, wolfed) 1. A wolf is a wild animal that looks like a large dog. N-COUNT 2. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIRE — 1. Dire is used to emphasize how serious or terrible a situation or event is. A government split would have …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIRE — 1. Dire is used to emphasize how serious or terrible a situation or event is. A government split would have …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WOLF — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES wolf whistle COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE bad ▪ As shadows start to threaten …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIRE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a desperate/dire shortage (= very serious and worrying ) ▪ There is a desperate shortage …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIRE — [adjective] - very serious or extreme, or (informal) very badThe family was living in dire poverty.These people are in dire …
Cambridge English vocab
WOLF — n. dire wolf Sacks Oliver Wolf Tasmanian wolf wolf spider Wolf Christa Wolf Hugo Filipp Jakob
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WOLF — n. Any of three extant species of canine . The gray, or timber, wolf ( Canis lupus ) is the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WOLF
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIRE — adj. Dire is used with these nouns: ↑ circumstance , ↑ consequence , ↑ emergency , ↑ implication , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WOLF — n. 25B6; noun . See list. 25B6; verb DEVOUR, gobble (up), guzzle, gulp down, bolt; informal put away, demolish, shovel …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIRE — adj. 25B6; adjective the dire economic situation : TERRIBLE, dreadful, appalling, frightful, awful, atrocious, grim, alarming; grave, serious, disastrous, ruinous, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WOLF — There can be little doubt that the wolf of Palestine is the common Canis lupus, and that this is the …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
WOLF
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIRE — прил. 1) а) страшный, ужасный, жуткий; внушающий ужас; предвещающий несчастье Syn : dreadful 1., evil 2., horrible 1., mournful, terrible …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WOLF — wolf.ogg 1. wʋlf n ( pl wolves) 1. 1> зоол. волк ( Canis lupus ) 2> волчий мех 2. жестокий, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DIRE — dire.ogg ʹdaıə a 1> ужасный, страшный, зловещий dire revenge - страшная месть dire forebodings - ужасные предчувствия this decision will …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DIRE — ужасный, страшный полный, крайний; dire necessity жестокая необходимость, нужда; dire plight ужасное положение
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WOLF — 1. wʋlf n ( pl wolves) 1. 1> зоол. волк ( Canis lupus ) 2> волчий мех 2. жестокий, безжалостный …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DIRE — a 1> ужасный, страшный, зловещий dire revenge - страшная месть dire forebodings - ужасные предчувствия this decision will have dire …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WOLF
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DIRE — прил. 1) а) страшный, ужасный, жуткий; внушающий ужас; предвещающий несчастье Syn: dreadful 1., evil 2., horrible 1., mournful , terrible …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WOLF
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DIRE — прил. 1) а) страшный, ужасный, жуткий; внушающий ужас; предвещающий несчастье Syn: dreadful 1., evil 2., horrible 1., mournful, terrible б) тяжелый, мрачный, гнетущий, зловещий dire days …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WOLF
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WOLF
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
WOLF — 1. _n. 1> волк 2> обжора 3> жестокий, злой человек 4> _собир. бабник, волокита 5> _ам. _воен. _жарг. старшина (роты …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DIRE — _a. 1> ужасный, страшный 2> полный, крайний - dire necessity - dire plight
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WOLF — 1. n. 1. волк 2. обжора 3. жестокий, злой человек 4. собир. бабник, волокита 5. ам. воен. жарг. старшина (роты …
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