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prowl

/praʊl/ /praʊl/
  1. 1 sessizce dolaşmak, (av peşinde) sinsice dolaşmak
  2. 2 gizlice dolaşmak, kol gezmek

Definition (English)

  1. Of an animal, to move around quietly while hunting.
  2. Of a person, to move around an area quietly or restlessly, often with a bad purpose.

Example Sentences

  1. The lion began to prowl through the tall grass.
    Aslan uzun otların arasında sessizce dolaşmaya başladı.
  2. Cats often prowl around the house at dawn.
    Kediler genellikle şafak vakti evin etrafında sessizce dolaşır.
  3. He likes to prowl the city streets at night.
    Geceleri şehir sokaklarında gizlice dolaşmayı sever.
  4. Police warned that burglars were prowling the area at night.
    Polis, geceleri bölgede hırsızların kol gezdiği konusunda uyardı.

Verb Forms Regular

Base prowl
/praʊl/
Past prowled
/praʊld/
Participle prowled
/praʊld/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edprowl → prowled

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil yumuşak (ötümlü) bir ünsüzle, /l/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /d/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. prowled /praʊld/

Synonyms

Collocations

prowl aroundprowl the streetsprowl at nighton the prowl