bell
1[bel]
noun
verb (used with object)
to cause to swell or expand like a bell (often followed by out): Belling out the tubes will permit a freer passage of air.
to put a bell on.
verb (used without object)
to take or have the form of a bell.
Botany. to produce bells; be in bell (said of hops when the seed vessels are forming).
Origin of bell
1bell
2[bel]
verb (used with or without object)
noun
Origin of bell
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Related Words for belled
clang, sound, crash, bell, roar, thunder, crack, toll, resonate, rumble, knell, resound, reverberate, ring, bong, roll, strike, signal, summon, warnExamples from the Web for belled
Historical Examples of belled
The Disan jerked a belled tube from his waistband and raised it to his mouth.
Planet of the DamnedHarry Harrison
And on a wind there came the scent of my own kind, and at that I belled.
Irish Fairy TalesJames Stephens
Is 't o' the rats and how they would have belled the cat, father?
Long WillFlorence Converse
So he began to tell the fable of the rats that would have belled the cat.
Long WillFlorence Converse
Well, he was a hard man: many's the time I was belled through him!
The British Expedition to the CrimeaWilliam Howard Russell
bell
1noun
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Word Origin for bell
Old English belle; related to Old Norse bjalla, Middle Low German bell; see bell ²
bell
2noun
verb
Word Origin for bell
Old English bellan; related to Old Norse belja to bellow, Old High German bellan to roar, Sanskrit bhāsate he talks; see bellow
Bell
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[bĕl]Sir Charles 1774-1842
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[bĕl]Alexander Graham 1847-1922
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