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Webster 1913 Edition
Howl
Howl
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Howled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Howling
.] [OE.
houlen
, hulen
; akin to D. huilen
, MHG. hiulen
, hiuweln
, OHG. hiuwilōn
to exult, h[GREEK]wo
owl, Dan. hyle
to howl.] 1.
To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
And dogs in corners set them down to
howl
. Drayton.
Methought a legion of foul fiends
Environ’d me about, and
Environ’d me about, and
howled
in my ears. Shakespeare
2.
To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
Howl
ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand. Is. xiii. 6.
3.
To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
Wild
howled
the wind. Sir W. Scott.
Howling monkey
. (Zool.)
See
– Howler
, 2. Howling wilderness
, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts.
Deut. xxxii. 10.
Howl
,Verb.
T.
To utter with outcry.
“Go . . . howl it out in deserts.” Philips.
Howl
,Noun.
1.
The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.
2.
A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
Webster 1828 Edition
Howl
HOWL
,Verb.
I.
1.
To cry as a dog or wolf; to utter a particular kind of loud, protracted and mournful sound. We say, the dog howls; the wolf howls. Hence,2.
To utter a loud, mournful sound, expressive of distress; to wail. Howl lye, for the day of the Lord is at hand. Is.13.
Ye rich men, weep and howl. James.5.
3.
To roar; as a tempest.HOWL
,Verb.
T.
Go--howl it out in deserts.
HOWL
,Noun.
1.
The cry of a human being in horror or anguish.Definition 2024
howl
howl
English
Noun
howl (plural howls)
- The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.
- A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
Derived terms
- Irish bleach
- Irish howl
Translations
protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf
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prolonged cry of distress or anguish
Verb
howl (third-person singular simple present howls, present participle howling, simple past and past participle howled)
- To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
- Drayton
- And dogs in corners set them down to howl.
- Shakespeare
- Methought a legion of foul fiends / Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears.
- Drayton
- To utter a sound expressive of pain or distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
- Bible, Isaiah xiii. 6
- Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand.
- Bible, Isaiah xiii. 6
- To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
- Sir Walter Scott
- Wild howled the wind.
- Sir Walter Scott
- To utter with outcry.
- to howl derision
Translations
To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do
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to utter a sound expressive of pain or distress
to utter with outcry
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sāwol (compare Welsh haul, Breton heol; compare also Irish súil (“eye”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.
Noun
howl m (plural howlyow)