to howl through
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4.8
- phrasal verb
- /haʊl θru/
:
aullar a través de
- A sudden wind howls through the room, great gales blowing Jacob's hair straight up.
- the wind howled through
- howled through the trees
Examples
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The wind howled through the window frames, the chimney, and the leaky shingles.
Fiction book (1996) -
The wind howls through the skeletal trees, silhouetted against the cloudy sky.
Fiction book (1994) -
The wind howls through the valley.
Fiction book (1994) -
A screaming gale howls through the desert pass.
Fiction book (2002) -
Wind from the Canadian prairies smacked the building's north side and howled through the corridors when an outside door was opened.
Fiction book (1993) -
Lindsey shuddered, but not solely because of the frigid wind that howled through the partly open chopper doors.
Fiction book (1992) -
The mountains sat in such a way that a nearly constant wind howled through; pointed pine trees, those left standing, listed northeastward as if yearning to give up and sail off, arrows into space.
Fiction book (1998) -
You can hear the wolves howl through the cold night air.
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The storm made the trees howl through the night with its fierce wind.
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As the gale intensified, you could hear it howl through the darkened streets.
Synonyms
98
1.0
To make a loud deep continuous sound like an animal, crowd, or machine
72
2.9
To make a loud high sound often because of fear, pain or excitement
30
2.9
Make a long loud sound like an animal's cry
To make a high, loud, wailing sound like bagpipes
Antonyms
How Loud
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'howl' (produce a long, wailing sound) with 'through' (moving across or passing in a place): it denotes producing that sound while passing through a location. This verb + 'through' compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase howl through gives a clear picture: imagine wind or coyotes making a long, loud howl as they move through streets or narrow canyons. So, it means 'to make a long, loud, wailing sound while moving through a place'.