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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To utter or emit a long, mournful, plaintive sound.
2. v. To cry or wail loudly, as in pain, sorrow, or anger.
3. v. Slang To laugh heartily.
4. v. Slang To go on a spree.
5. v. To express or utter with a howl. See Synonyms at shout.
6. n. A long wailing cry.
7. n. A loud derisive call: the howls of an angry mob.
8. n. Slang Something uproariously funny or absurd.
9. howl down To drown out or silence by loud derisive calls: The candidate was howled down at the town meeting.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To utter a loud, prolonged, and mournful cry, as that of a dog or wolf.
2. To give out a loud wailing sound, as the wind: as, the storm howls.
3. To wail; lament; make a loud mournful outcry.
4. To utter in a loud wailing tone.
5. n. The cry of a dog or wolf, or any sound resembling that cry.
6. n. A cry of anguish or distress; a loud wail.
7. Of an organ-pipe, same as cipher, v., 4.

Wiktionary

1. n. The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.
2. n. A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
3. v. To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
4. v. To utter a sound expressive of pain or distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
5. v. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
6. v. To utter with outcry.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
2. v. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
3. v. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
4. v. To utter with outcry.
5. n. The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.
6. n. A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. cry loudly, as of animals
2. n. the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf
3. v. make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
4. n. a long loud emotional utterance
5. v. laugh unrestrainedly and heartily
6. v. emit long loud cries
7. n. a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound