Prowl

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  • intransitive verb. To roam through stealthily, as in search of prey or plunder.
  • intransitive verb. To rove furtively or with predatory intent.
  • noun. The act or an instance of prowling.
  • idiom. (on the prowl) Actively looking for something.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To rove or wander over in a stealthy manner: as, to prowl the woods or the streets.
  • To collect by plunder.
  • To rove or wander stealthily, as one in search of prey or plunder; search carefully, and in a quiet or secretive manner.
  • To plunder; prey; foray.
  • noun. The act of prowling; a roving as for prey: as, to be on the prowl.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty.
  • transitive verb. To collect by plunder.
  • intransitive verb. To rove or wander stealthily, esp. for prey, as a wild beast; hence, to prey; to plunder.
  • noun. The act of prowling.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To be on the lookout for some prey.
  • verb. To be watching over something.
  • verb. To fanny about, seemingly aimlessly.
  • verb. To walk authoratively.
  • noun. The act of prowling.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. move about in or as if in a predatory manner
  • noun. the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner)
  • verb. loiter about, with no apparent aim
  • Word Usage
    "Straight sets: Ruthless Hewitt still on title prowl"
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    Raul  afoul  cowl  crowl  foul  
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    onher  prowler  watchings  
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