Howl
Howl , intransitive verb
[Old English houlen, hulen; akin to Dutch huilen, Middle High German hiulen, hiuweln, Old High German hiuwilōn to exult, h{not transcribed}wo owl, Danish 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.
Methought a legion of foul fiends
Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears.
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.
3.
To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
Wild howled the wind.
Collocations (2)
Howling wilderness , a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. — Deut. xxxii. 10
Howl , transitive verb
To utter with outcry.
Go... howl it out in deserts.
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.