wolve
/wʊlv/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "He then went to the Crown and Anchor public-house, in the same street, and had two pints of ale, and bread and cheese, the latter of which he “wolved” in a way that “out dando’d Dando.”"
- "Already, some of the labourers were unstraddling the benches to go, having wolved a plate or two, and their piece of pie."
- "I’d rather be the wolf than be wolved."
- "Also, when she wolves a sandwich—a peasant greed and sort of pious righteousness, as if “Food is Good For You. The Body Must Survive. I have a Right to this sandwich.”"
- "That chip by this addition became a feast, and the Fernbank manners, as they wolved into it, were revolting."