What does "howl" mean?
Howl: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast. Wild howled the wind. Sir W. Scott. Howling monkey. (Zoöl.) See Howler, 2. -- Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. Deut. xxxii.
- 3.To utter with outcry. "Go . . . howl it out in deserts." Philips.
- 4.The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.
- 5.A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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