"prowl" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɹaʊl/, /pɹoʊl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prowl.wav Forms: prowls [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊl Etymology: From Middle English prollen, of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|prollen}} Middle English prollen Head templates: {{en-noun}} prowl (plural prowls)
  1. (colloquial) The act of prowling. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-prowl-en-noun-PFjP0KG3

Verb [English]

IPA: /pɹaʊl/, /pɹoʊl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prowl.wav Forms: prowls [present, singular, third-person], prowling [participle, present], prowled [participle, past], prowled [past]
Rhymes: -aʊl Etymology: From Middle English prollen, of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|prollen}} Middle English prollen Head templates: {{en-verb}} prowl (third-person singular simple present prowls, present participle prowling, simple past and past participle prowled)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty): дебна (debna) (Bulgarian), aguaitar (Catalan), ĉirkaŭvagi (Esperanto), vaania (Finnish), väijyä (Finnish), rôder (French), durchstreifen (German), herumstreifen (German), στριφογυρίζω (strifogyrízo) (Greek), portyázik (Hungarian), aggirarsi (Italian), uzungulia (Ngazidja Comorian), grasować (Polish), ры́скать (rýskatʹ) (alt: в по́исках добы́чи) [imperfective] (Russian), шныря́ть (šnyrjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), èalaidh (Scottish Gaelic), acechar (Spanish), merodear (Spanish), ни́шпорити (nýšporyty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), пони́шпорити (ponýšporyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-prowl-en-verb-Midh9GQK Disambiguation of 'to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty': 76 13 11
  2. (intransitive) To idle; to go about aimlessly. Tags: intransitive Translations (to idle; to go about aimlessly): обикалям (obikaljam) (Bulgarian), кръстосвам (krǎstosvam) (Bulgarian), 徘徊 (Chinese Mandarin), kuljeskella (Finnish), hengailla [slang] (Finnish), herumstreifen (German), kóborol (Hungarian), lófrál (Hungarian), perambular (Portuguese), броди́ть (brodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), шля́ться (šljátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), шныря́ть (šnyrjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), èalaidh (Scottish Gaelic), ника́ти (nykáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-prowl-en-verb-BXu15qR9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 8 75 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 10 69 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 9 70 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 76 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 9 63 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 9 64 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 10 9 72 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 8 66 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 13 64 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 9 70 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 14 60 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 13 12 59 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 9 72 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 15 63 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations: 14 13 62 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 14 58 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 11 62 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 9 72 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 10 9 62 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 10 72 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 10 9 63 17 Disambiguation of 'to idle; to go about aimlessly': 1 98 1
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To collect by plunder. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-prowl-en-verb-s4Hxf46~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aprowl, on the prowl, prowl car, prowler

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "徘徊"
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          "word": "hengailla"
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          "word": "herumstreifen"
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          "word": "perambular"
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          "text": "It's easy to sneak vandalism into Wiktionary as there are few other users prowling the Recent Changes page.",
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          "english": "The New Arcadia",
          "ref": "a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:",
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          "text": "While McCarthy prowled the touchline barking orders, his opposite number watched on motionless and expressionless and, with 25 minutes to go, decided to throw on Nicolas Anelka for Kalou.",
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty."
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        "(intransitive) To idle; to go about aimlessly."
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        "To collect by plunder."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To collect by plunder."
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      "roman": "debna",
      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
      "word": "дебна"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
      "word": "aguaitar"
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      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
      "word": "ĉirkaŭvagi"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
      "word": "vaania"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
      "word": "rôder"
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      "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",
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    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "strifogyrízo",
      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
      "word": "στριφογυρίζω"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
      "word": "portyázik"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
      "word": "aggirarsi"
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      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
      "word": "uzungulia"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
      "word": "grasować"
    },
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      "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": [
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      "word": "ры́скать"
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      "roman": "šnyrjátʹ",
      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
      "word": "èalaidh"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
      "word": "acechar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
      "word": "merodear"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nýšporyty",
      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ни́шпорити"
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      "roman": "ponýšporyty",
      "sense": "to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty",
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      "word": "пони́шпорити"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obikaljam",
      "sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
      "word": "обикалям"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "krǎstosvam",
      "sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
      "word": "кръстосвам"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
      "word": "徘徊"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
      "word": "kuljeskella"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
      "tags": [
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      "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"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
      "word": "lófrál"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
      "word": "perambular"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "brodítʹ",
      "sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "броди́ть"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šljátʹsja",
      "sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
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      "word": "шля́ться"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "šnyrjátʹ",
      "sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
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      "word": "шныря́ть"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
      "word": "èalaidh"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nykáty",
      "sense": "to idle; to go about aimlessly",
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        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ника́ти"
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