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YOWL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

Example:

his bellow filled the hallway

Synonyms:

bellow; bellowing; holla; holler; hollering; hollo; holloa; roar; roaring; yowl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("yowl" is a kind of...):

call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)

Derivation:

yowl (utter shrieks, as of cats)

yowl (cry loudly, as of animals)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Utter shrieks, as of cats

Synonyms:

caterwaul; yowl

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "yowl" is one way to...):

pipe; pipe up; shriek; shrill (utter a shrill cry)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

yowl (a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cry loudly, as of animals

Example:

The coyotes were howling in the desert

Synonyms:

howl; wrawl; yammer; yowl

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "yowl" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

You can hear animals yowl in the meadows

The meadows yowl with animals

Derivation:

yowl (a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal))

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