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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
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.
[L. ululo.]
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.
To utter or speak with outcry.
Go--howl it out in deserts.

HOWL

,
Noun.
The cry of a dog or wolf, or other like sound.
1.
The cry of a human being in horror or anguish.

Definition 2024


howl

howl

English

Noun

howl (plural howls)

  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.

Derived terms

  • Irish bleach
  • Irish howl

Translations

Verb

howl (third-person singular simple present howls, present participle howling, simple past and past participle howled)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
    • Sir Walter Scott
      Wild howled the wind.
  4. To utter with outcry.
    to howl derision

Translations


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)

  1. sun