bellow
to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow.
to roar; bawl: bellowing with rage.
to utter in a loud deep voice: He bellowed his command across the room.
an act or sound of bellowing.
Origin of bellow
1synonym study For bellow
Other words from bellow
- bel·low·er, noun
- outbellow, verb (used with object)
Other definitions for Bellow (2 of 2)
Saul, 1915–2005, U.S. novelist, born in Canada: Nobel Prize in Literature 1976.
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How to use bellow in a sentence
No one knows, but on the 4th of July he began bellowing that the Prodigal Son would, in fact, return.
LeBron James Returns to Cleveland: How 'The Decision 2.0' Happened | Robert Silverman | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFind a fisherman to take you out on the water at dusk to watch the natural pyrotechnics at their bellowing best.
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George Zimmerman Found Not Guilty; Looks Forward to 'Getting His Life Back' | Jacqui Goddard | July 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTObama was one with the crowd during his speech, talking about working together to bellowing cheers.
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Just a little before daybreak they were all wakened by the bellowing of the oxen and the barking of dogs.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneAnd yet the wind was howling in the woods,The roving thunder bellowing in the clouds,Before the dawn had risen in the sky.
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi | Giacomo LeopardiFifteen of these horned monsters maintain an incessant mooing and bellowing.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace ThackerayTo their cries was added the bellowing of the hurricane confined in the cave, and the tumult was indescribable.
Black Diamonds | Mr JkaiThen from the group another tall boy darted out and behind him ran a smaller one, bellowing.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | John Fox, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for bellow (1 of 2)
/ (ˈbɛləʊ) /
(intr) to make a loud deep raucous cry like that of a bull; roar
to shout (something) unrestrainedly, as in anger or pain; bawl
the characteristic noise of a bull
a loud deep sound, as of pain or anger
Origin of bellow
1Derived forms of bellow
- bellower, noun
British Dictionary definitions for Bellow (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbɛləʊ) /
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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