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prowled

/pɹaʊld/

prowled is the simple past and past participle of prowl.

Meaning of prowl

Verb

prowl (third-person singular simple present prowls, present participle prowling, simple past and past participle prowled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.
    • Watch the lioness prowling in the shrubbery for zebras.
  2. (intransitive) To idle; to go about aimlessly.
    • That dandy has nothing better to do than prowl around town all day in his pinstripe suit.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To collect by plunder.
    • to prowl money

See all 4 meanings of prowl

Words that rhyme with prowled

Questions about prowled

What is prowled the simple past and past participle of?
Prowled is the simple past and past participle of prowl.
How do you pronounce prowled?
Prowled is pronounced /pɹaʊld/.

Words near prowled in the dictionary

  1. prowhite
  2. prowhiteness
  3. prowl
  4. prowl car
  5. prowl cars
  6. prowled
  7. prowler
  8. prowlers
  9. prowlike
  10. prowlin'
  11. prowling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prowled (page history and authors); prowl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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