Prowl
[praʊl]
Definition
(noun.) the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner).
(verb.) move about in or as if in a predatory manner; 'The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town'.
(verb.) loiter about, with no apparent aim.
Checked by Irving--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty.
(v. t.) To collect by plunder; as, to prowl money.
(v. i.) To rove or wander stealthily, esp. for prey, as a wild beast; hence, to prey; to plunder.
(n.) The act of prowling.
Typed by Gordon
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rove, roam, wander, prey
ANT:Fly, swoop, chase, scour
Checked by Felicia
Definition
v.i. to keep poking about: to rove about in search of prey or plunder.—n. (coll.) the act of prowling: a roving for prey.—n. Prowl′er.—adj. Prowl′ing.—adv. Prowl′ingly.
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Examples
- Mendicant priests do not prowl among them with baskets begging for the church and eating up their substance. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If I should prowl about the streets a long time, don't be uneasy; I shall reappear in the morning. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- They seldom traverse the underworld at night, for then it is that the great banths prowl the dim corridors seeking their prey. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- How I found time to haunt Putney, I am sure I don't know; but I contrived, by some means or other, to prowl about the neighbourhood pretty often. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Who gave you leave to prowl about? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Mr Merdle and his noble guest persisted in prowling about at opposite ends of the perspective. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Many wrecks have been found by these bottom-prowling scouts and valuable material recovered. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The winged furies were now prowling gossips who dropped in on each other for tea. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Clayton's first thought was to arrange a sleeping shelter for the night; something which might serve to protect them from prowling beasts of prey. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Wildeve snatched up the lantern and began anxiously prowling among the furze and fern. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She was a most wonderful woman for prowling about the house. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The night before, she had reached Datchet; and, prowling about, had found a baker's shop open and deserted. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- They prowled about the churches and picture-galleries, much in the old, dreary, prison-yard manner. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- And the natural consequence is, as anybody but a baby might have foreseen, that he prowls and wanders. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Typist: Sophie