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bellow

[ bel-oh ]
/ ˈbɛl oʊ /
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verb (used without object)
to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow.
to roar; bawl: bellowing with rage.
verb (used with object)
to utter in a loud deep voice: He bellowed his command across the room.
noun
an act or sound of bellowing.
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Origin of bellow

before 1000; Middle English belwen, akin to Old English bylgan to roar (compare for the vowel Old High German bullôn); extended form akin to bell2

synonym study for bellow

2. See cry.

OTHER WORDS FROM bellow

bel·low·er, nounoutbellow, verb (used with object)

Other definitions for bellow (2 of 2)

Bellow
[ bel-oh ]
/ ˈbɛl oʊ /
noun
Saul, 1915–2005, U.S. novelist, born in Canada: Nobel Prize in Literature 1976.
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Words related to bellow

bark, bawl, bay, blare, bluster, bray, call, clamor, cry, howl, low, roar, rout, scream, shout, shriek, wail, whoop, yawp, yell

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British Dictionary definitions for bellow (1 of 2)

bellow
/ (ˈbɛləʊ) /
verb
(intr) to make a loud deep raucous cry like that of a bull; roar
to shout (something) unrestrainedly, as in anger or pain; bawl
noun
the characteristic noise of a bull
a loud deep sound, as of pain or anger

Derived forms of bellow

bellower, noun

Word Origin for bellow

C14: probably from Old English bylgan; related to bellan to bell ²

British Dictionary definitions for bellow (2 of 2)

Bellow
/ (ˈbɛləʊ) /
noun
Saul . 1915–2005, US novelist, born in Canada. His works include Dangling Man (1944), The Adventures of Angie March (1954), Herzog (1964), Humboldt's Gift (1975), The Dean's December (1981), and Ravelstein (2000): Nobel prize for literature 1976
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