See prowl on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "debna",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"word": "дебна"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"word": "aguaitar"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"word": "ĉirkaŭvagi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"word": "vaania"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"word": "väijyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"word": "rôder"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"word": "durchstreifen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"word": "herumstreifen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "strifogyrízo",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"word": "στριφογυρίζω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"word": "portyázik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"word": "aggirarsi"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"word": "uzungulia"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"word": "grasować"
},
{
"alt": "в по́исках добы́чи",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rýskatʹ",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ры́скать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šnyrjátʹ",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "шныря́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"word": "èalaidh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"word": "acechar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"word": "merodear"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nýšporyty",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ни́шпорити"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ponýšporyty",
"sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пони́шпорити"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obikaljam",
"sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
"word": "обикалям"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krǎstosvam",
"sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
"word": "кръстосвам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
"word": "徘徊"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
"word": "kuljeskella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "hengailla"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
"word": "herumstreifen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
"word": "kóborol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
"word": "lófrál"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
"word": "perambular"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "brodítʹ",
"sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "броди́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šljátʹsja",
"sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "шля́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šnyrjátʹ",
"sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "шныря́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
"word": "èalaidh"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nykáty",
"sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ника́ти"
}
],
"word": "prowl"
}
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"form": "prowls",
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{
"text": "I'm going on a midnight prowl.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"The act of prowling."
],
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"(colloquial) The act of prowling."
],
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}
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},
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{
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"ipa": "/pɹoʊl/"
}
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}
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