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yawled

yawled is the simple past and past participle of yawl.

Meaning of yawl

Verb

yawl (third-person singular simple present yawls, present participle yawling, simple past and past participle yawled)

  1. To cry out; to howl.
    • Something scraped slightly against the outer wall. But the night was full of wilder sounds, and in the house the furniture and the boards creaked and sprung between the yawling of the wind among the chimneys, the rattle of the thunder and the pelting of the rain.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados

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Questions about yawled

What is yawled the simple past and past participle of?
Yawled is the simple past and past participle of yawl.

Words near yawled in the dictionary

  1. yawing
  2. yawingly
  3. yawk
  4. yawker bird
  5. yawl
  6. yawled
  7. yawler
  8. yawlers
  9. yawless
  10. yawling
  11. yawls

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