MEANING
1. Produce a long, loud cry, especially from distress, excitement, or an animal's call.
2. Express anger or complaint in a loud, vehement way.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- wolves howl
- howl with laughter
On the page
Wolves howled beyond the last line of trees.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- howl
- Past tense
- howled
- Past participle
- howled
- Present participle
- howling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- howl
- Present continuous
- am/is/are howling
- Present perfect
- have/has howled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been howling
- Past
- howled
- Past continuous
- was/were howling
- Past perfect
- had howled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been howling
- Future
- will howl
- Future continuous
- will be howling
- Future perfect
- will have howled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been howling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: howl; howls; howled; howled; howling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: howls.
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