howl : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: howl	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for howl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
howl n a long loud emotional utterance; "he gave a howl of pain"; "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect" Synonym(s): howl, howling, ululation the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound; "the howl of the wind made him restless" v emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow" Synonym(s): howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert" Synonym(s): howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute" Synonym(s): roar, howl laugh unrestrainedly and heartily Synonym(s): roar, howl
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Howl \Howl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Howled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Howling}.] [OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG. hiulen, hiuweln, OHG. hiuwil[d3]n to exult, h[?]wo owl, Dan. hyle to howl.] 1. To utter a loud, protraced, 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. --Shak. 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}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Howler}, 2. {Howling wilderness}, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. --Deut. xxxii. 10.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Howl \Howl\, v. t. To utter with outcry. [bd]Go . . . howl it out in deserts.[b8] --Philips.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Howl \Howl\, n. 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.