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GROWL

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growl I. verb A. intranzitiv

1. (despre câini şi fig.) a mârâi.

2. (şi growl out) a bodogăni, a bombăni, a mormăi.

3. (despre tunet) a bubui.

growl I. verb B. verb tranzitiv

a mormăi, a mârâi (ceva).

growl II. substantiv

1. mârâit.

2. mormăit, bombănit.

3. bubuit (al tunetului).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

“I say,” growled Mr. Barkis, “it was all right.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

“We can do very well without him,” growled my father.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yet submission made him master his fear, and he only growled softly.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

The Tin Woodman was about to reply when he heard a low growl, and turning his head (which worked beautifully on hinges) he saw a strange beast come bounding over the grass toward them.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

The last growl could never be extracted from him.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

“Bad luck!” growled my uncle.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Dora came to the drawing-room door to meet me; and Jip came scrambling out, tumbling over his own growls, under the impression that I was a Bandit; and we all three went in, as happy and loving as could be.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

He clung on, growling savagely.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

The average dog was accustomed to the preliminaries of snarling and bristling and growling, and the average dog was knocked off his feet and finished before he had begun to fight or recovered from his surprise.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

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