growl: (of an animal, especially a dog) make a low guttural sound of hostility in the throat.
growled is past tense/past participle of growl
Yes growled is a verb. It is the past tense of the verb growl. It is not rare it is often used when talking about cats, tigers, mothers and many other things. The dog growled at them. 'Who are you?' he growled at the stranger. `I should have killed him,' Winston growled. The gears growled as we climbed the steep mountain road.
better word used for belligerently
No, it is a verb or a noun (to go around, to surround; a round shape). The adjective form is circular.
It is an adjective.It is a an adjective.
No, it is an adverb. The adjective is clumsy.
There is no adjective in the sentence "The lion growled loudly." Loudly is an adverb modifying the verb growled.
growled
Yes growled is a verb. It is the past tense of the verb growl. It is not rare it is often used when talking about cats, tigers, mothers and many other things. The dog growled at them. 'Who are you?' he growled at the stranger. `I should have killed him,' Winston growled. The gears growled as we climbed the steep mountain road.
the dog growled at the cat.....
No, it is not. It is the present participle of the verb (to growl) and can also be used as a noun (gerund).
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As I walked past the gate, a dog growled in the shadows of the night.
Growled is the past tense of growl.
As an Adjective: The dog was timid walking up the stairs after his incident the day before. As an Adverb: The dog growled timidly at it's much larger friend who was about to steal his bone.
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Yes, "growled" can be considered an onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia refers to words that phonetically imitate the sound they describe, and "growled" mimics the deep, rumbling sound associated with animals, particularly dogs or other creatures when they express aggression or warning.
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