prowl
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner)
Types & categories
- walk hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
move about in or as if in a predatory manner
The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town
Types & categories
- walk hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
loiter about, with no apparent aim
Types & categories
- mill about hypernym
Related & opposite
- prowl derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prowl |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prowl |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prowl |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prowler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prowl |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | mill about |