{
    "term": "wolf",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a large wild animal of the dog family, that lives and hunts in groups",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She compared the media to a pack of ravening/ravenous wolves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A lone wolf howled under the full moon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Labour groups are often seen as the big bad wolf."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She called the media ‘ravening wolves’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a story of a young boy raised by wolves"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Animals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["lone", "wild", "hungry"],
                "… of wolves": ["pack"],
                "wolf + verb": ["growl", "howl", "hunt"],
                "wolf + noun": ["cub", "pack"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to call for help when you do not need it, with the result that when you do need it people do not believe you",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have enough money to avoid going hungry; to stop somebody feeling hungry",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who prefers to be alone",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to leave somebody to be roughly treated or criticized without trying to help or defend them",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who seems to be friendly or not likely to cause any harm but is really an enemy",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wʊlf/",
                "audio": "wo/wolf/wolf__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wʊlvz/",
                "audio": "wo/wolf/wolves__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wʊlf/",
                "audio": "wo/wolf/wolf__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wʊlvz/",
                "audio": "wo/wolf/wolves__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English wulf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wolf and German Wolf, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lupus and Greek lukos. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent."
}