Prowl vs Prows - What's the difference?
prowl | prows |
To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.
* Sir Philip Sidney
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To idle; to go about aimlessly.
(obsolete) To collect by plunder.
As nouns the difference between prowl and prows
is that prowl is the act of prowling while prows is plural of lang=en.As a verb prowl
is to rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.prowl
English
Verb
- He prowls each place, still in new colours decked.
- Watch the lioness prowling in the shrubbery for zebras.
- It's tough to sneak vandalism into Wikipedia as there are plenty of other users prowling the Recent Changes page.
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- That dandy has nothing better to do than prowl around town all day in his pinstripe suit.
- to prowl money