howl

«howl» in Mova's school dictionary: Of a wolf or dog: to make a long, loud, sad cry — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (howl, howls, howled, howling); noun (a howl, howls)

meaning for a pupil

1) Of a wolf or dog: to make a long, loud, sad cry. tree →

2) Of a person: to cry loudly in pain, anger or sadness. tree →

3) Of the wind: to blow hard with a loud, wailing sound. tree →

4) To laugh very loudly: «howl with laughter». tree →

5) (noun) A long, loud cry. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it creates a spooky or wild mood: wolves howling at the moon, the wind howling in a storm. It can also show strong laughter or crying. Phrases: howl at the moon, howl with laughter, howling wind, a howl of pain.

examples

• The wolves howled at the full moon. tree →
• The wind howled around the house all night. tree →
• The baby howled when she dropped her ice cream. tree →
• We howled with laughter at the funny film. tree →
• There was a howl of pain when he stubbed his toe. tree →
• Our dog howls whenever the fire engine goes past. tree →

note

Related: howler (an obvious, funny mistake, especially UK). Similar: wail, yowl, bay. «Howling» can also mean very great: «a howling success».

In the corpora

• Wolves howl to talk to their pack and mark their territory; the Moon doesn't make them howl.
• Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
• Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast-land.
• Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.
• They that rule over them do howl, saith the LORD, and My name continually all the day is blasphemed.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «howl» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.