to fowl
- verb
- /faʊl/
- Archaic
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- He took his shotgun and went fowling in the marshes for duck season.
Examples
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The ancient art of fowling involves tracking wild birds and using decoys to attract them.
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The land was so desolate that for almost two years he sustained himself and his family only by hunting and fowling.
Academic text (2018) -
During the winter, many families go fowling to provide food for their tables.
Synonyms
367
1.4
To chase and kill wild animals for food or sport
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9.6
To hunt animals using trained birds of prey
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8.9
To hunt a plump game bird, usually on moorland in autumn
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9.8
To hunt using trained falcons
To hunt wild birds for food or sport
To hunt ducks or geese for sport
To catch birds by shining light on them at night
Idioms
- Informal
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8.1
Not clearly one thing or another so people cannot decide what it is
Compounds
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6.5
A farm bird from Africa with dark feathers and white spots, raised for meat and eggs
- Indian
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7.9
A small wild bird from South and Southeast Asia that became the domestic chicken
- Specialized
A contagious bacterial disease of birds, especially chickens, that causes sudden sickness and often death
- Archaic
A serious viral disease in chickens and farm birds that causes high fever, loss of appetite, and a dark comb
- Australian
A large Australian ground bird that builds big sand mounds to keep its eggs warm
- US
A brown and spotted North American bird that lives in prairie grasslands, like the prairie chicken
- Australian
A large ground bird that builds a warm mound of rotting plants to hatch its eggs
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb fowl comes from the same old English fugol for 'bird' and originally meant to catch or hunt those birds. So to fowl is to hunt or catch wild birds for food or sport.