howl
/ˈhaʊ̯l/ verb C2- To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
- To utter a sound expressive of pain or distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
- To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast. · They howled with laughter at the prank.
- To utter with outcry. · to howl derision
He/she/it howls · Past howled · Past participle howled · -ing form howling
Verb forms
- Base form
- howl
- He/she/it
- howls
- Past
- howled
- Past participle
- howled
- -ing form
- howling
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It was very dark, and the wind howled horribly around her, but Dorothy found she was riding quite easily.
As the conversation began to flag, the Thief yawned terribly and at the same time howled like a wolf.
The Innkeeper said, “Why do you howl so fearfully?” “I will tell you,” said the Thief, “but first let me ask you to hold my clothes, or I shall tear them to pieces.
I know not, sir, when I got this habit of yawning, nor whether these attacks of howling were inflicted on me as a judgment for my crimes, or for any other cause; but this I do know, that when I yawn for the third time, I actually turn into a wolf and attack men.” With this speech he commenced a second fit of yawning and again howled like a wolf, as he had at first.
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