Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to howl
Participle: howled
Gerund: howling
Indicative
Present
| I | howl |
| you | howl |
| he;she;it | howls |
| we | howl |
| you | howl |
| they | howl |
Perfect
| I | have howled |
| you | have howled |
| he;she;it | has howled |
| we | have howled |
| you | have howled |
| they | have howled |
Past
| I | howled |
| you | howled |
| he;she;it | howled |
| we | howled |
| you | howled |
| they | howled |
Pluperfect
| I | had howled |
| you | had howled |
| he;she;it | had howled |
| we | had howled |
| you | had howled |
| they | had howled |
Future
| I | will howl |
| you | will howl |
| he;she;it | will howl |
| we | will howl |
| you | will howl |
| they | will howl |
Future Perfect
| I | will have howled |
| you | will have howled |
| he;she;it | will have howled |
| we | will have howled |
| you | will have howled |
| they | will have howled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | howl |
| you | howl |
| he;she;it | howl |
| we | howl |
| you | howl |
| they | howl |
Perfect
| I | have howled |
| you | have howled |
| he;she;it | have howled |
| we | have howled |
| you | have howled |
| they | have howled |
Imperfect
| I | howled |
| you | howled |
| he;she;it | howled |
| we | howled |
| you | howled |
| they | howled |
Pluperfect
| I | had howled |
| you | had howled |
| he;she;it | had howled |
| we | had howled |
| you | had howled |
| they | had howled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would howl |
| you | would howl |
| he;she;it | would howl |
| we | would howl |
| you | would howl |
| they | would howl |
Perfect
| I | would have howled |
| you | would have howled |
| he;she;it | would have howled |
| we | would have howled |
| you | would have howled |
| they | would have howled |
Imperative
| you | howl |
| we | Let's howl |
| you | howl |
Verbs conjugated like 'howl'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'howl'
bowl,
cowl,
fowl,
gowl,
hodl,
howel,
howp,
jowl,
owl,
sowl,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English howlen, houlen, from Old English *hūlian, from Proto-West Germanic *hūilōn, from Proto-Germanic *hūwilōną, *hiuwilōną (“to howl”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kū-, *kew- (“to howl, scream”). Likely of imitative origin.
2. Cognate with Saterland Frisian huulje (“to howl”), Dutch huilen (“to cry”), Romanian a hăuli (“to howl”), Old French ouler, German Low German hulen (“to howl”), German heulen (“to howl”), Danish hyle (“to howl”), Swedish yla (“to scream, yell”), Northern Luri آلٛیر (āłir, “howl”). See: Middle English '
howlen', Proto-Germanic '
*hūwilōną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'huulje', Dutch '
huilen', Romanian '
a hăuli', German, old spelling '
heulen', Danish '
hyle', Swedish '
yla'.
Verbs referencing "howl"
Japanese
ハウる, Alemannic German
hüüwle, Lithuanian
kaukti, Sanskrit
कौति.
Sample Sentences
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[...] she attempts to advance an inch. Imagine the ship herself, with every pulse and artery of her huge body swollen and bursting under this maltreatment, sworn to go on or die. Imagine the wind howling, the sea roaring, the rain beating: all in furious array against her. Picture the sky both dark and wild, and the clouds, in fearful sympathy with the waves, making another ocean in the air. Add [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] thunder, lightning, hail, and rain, and wind, are all in fierce contention for the mastery—that every plank has its groan, every nail its shriek, and every drop of water in the great ocean its howling voice—is nothing. To say that all is grand, and all appalling and horrible in the last degree, is nothing. Words cannot express it. Thoughts cannot convey it. Only a dream can call it up again, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Well, the dogs bayed and howled, and we rode and scampered, and finally we started him. He ran and bounded like a buck, and kept us well in the rear for some time; but at last he got caught in an impenetrable thicket of cane; then [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)