aprowl
aprowl adjective: prowling.
Adjective
aprowl (not comparable)
- Prowling.
- A quick, bold pair, that scampers fair, is
part of the saving plan,
And a match for the pad
Aprowl on the pitiless four, lad!1882, Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, “Little Robin Redbreast”, in Mother Goose for Grown Folks, revised and enlarged edition, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, page 158 - Better to stay behind the frozen gate than to come too early up into the realms where the wolves of cold are still aprowl.1920, Marian Storm, “A Woodland Valentine”, in Minstrel Weather, New York: Harper, page 7
- A quick, bold pair, that scampers fair, is
Origin of aprowl
From a- + prowl.
Questions about aprowl
- What does aprowl mean?
- Aprowl means prowling.
- What part of speech is aprowl?
- Aprowl is an adjective.
Words near aprowl in the dictionary
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