HOWL


Meaning of HOWL in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a cry/howl/bellow etc of rage

She remembered his cries of rage as he was taken away.

a dog howls (= makes a long loud sound like a wolf )

We knew something was wrong because the dogs were howling.

a howling gale (= one that makes a lot of noise )

The ship was drifting towards the shore in a howling gale.

the wind howls (= makes a lot of noise )

The wind howled round the house all night.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

wind

The wind would howl up the close entrances and whistle up the stairs.

Then a fierce wind howled through the forest and over the camps, spreading alarm everywhere.

The train was still inside the tunnel, the wind howling like a mad banshee through the open windows.

For six weeks after our arrival it rained almost continually and the wind howled melancholy dirges around our chimneys and doors.

The wind howled , and my feet were cold.

Huge waves rose, and the wind howled .

It was very dark, and the wind howled horribly around her, but Dorothy found she was riding quite easily.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be a howling success

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Dave howled in pain as Ranzell beat him.

Many businesses are howling that they will not be able to operate efficiently under the new regulations.

Strong winds howled across the region.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Do not be put off if some are howling.

For six weeks after our arrival it rained almost continually and the wind howled melancholy dirges around our chimneys and doors.

One boy in my class howled and cried almost the whole of every day.

The wind was howling and the temperature was dropping fast.

Their world became a blinding wall of white, howling towards them, too fast for thought or action.

We were side-slipping, starboard wing down, falling to earth with our engines howling.

White kicked off her shoes and the audience howled, for under her fishnet stockings were toes stuck with corn plasters.

II. noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Again the howl , as if one of Satan's demons was rising from the pit of Hell.

Again the howl , nearer, more drawn out, chilling the heart as well as the blood.

He heard a howl which seemed to rise from the very bowels of the earth: long, cruel and haunting.

He let out a howl , and his hands flew off the steering wheel.

He twisted around toward the one who had him in his grasp, and let out a guttural, weird howl .

Her words were not words but howls, her fists beating her chest.

Inevitably there would be howls of protest but there are several valid responses to these.

Sorry as I felt for him, those howls nearly undid me.

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