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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prowl  \Prowl\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Prowled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Prowling}.]  [OE.  prollen  to  search  about  of  uncertain 
  origin,  perh.  for  proglen,  a  dim.  of  prog  to  beg,  or  proke  to 
  poke.  Cf  {Proke}.] 
  1.  To  rove  over  through  or  about  in  a  stealthy  manner; 
  esp.,  to  search  in  as  for  prey  or  booty. 
 
  He  prowls  each  place  still  in  new  colors  decked.  -- 
  Sir  P.  Sidney. 
 
  2.  To  collect  by  plunder;  as  to  prowl  money.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prowl  \Prowl\,  v.  i. 
  To  rove  or  wander  stealthily,  esp.  for  prey,  as  a  wild  beast; 
  hence  to  prey;  to  plunder. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prowl  \Prowl\,  n. 
  The  act  of  prowling.  [Colloq.]  --Smart. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  prowl 
  n  :  the  act  of  prowling  (walking  about  in  a  stealthy  manner) 
  v  1:  move  stealthily;  "he  prowls  that  streets"  [syn:  {skulk}] 
  2:  loiter  about  with  no  apparent  aim  [syn:  {lurch}] 




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