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verb · intransitive · rare

yawl

yawl · yawls · yawled · yawling

To cry out; to howlTo cry out; to howl.

UK/jɔːl/US/jɔl/

Meaning

1 senses

To cry out; to howl.

More definitions

emit long loud cries

Forms

yawls, yawling, yawled, yawled

Base form	yawl · to yawl
3rd person singular	yawls
Present participle	yawling
Past simple	yawled
Past participle	yawled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	yawl
he, she, it	yawls

Past simpleLesson

all persons

yawled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have yawled
he, she, it	has yawled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will yawl

Synonyms

5 synonyms

Close in meaning

emit long loud cries:howl ululate wail roar yaup

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

yarn yaw yawnB2 yay

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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