bellow

bel·low

Use bellow in a sentence

A bellowing cow.

verb

The definition of bellow means to roar or create a loud, deep sounding cry.

An example of bellow is for a cow to moo.

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bellow

to roar with a powerful, reverberating sound, as a bull does
to cry out loudly, as in anger or pain

Origin of bellow

Middle English belwen from Old English bylgan: for Indo-European base see bell

to utter loudly or powerfully

the sound of bellowing

Bellow

(born Solomon Bellows) 1915-2005; U.S. novelist, born in Canada

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bellow

verb

bel·lowed, bel·low·ing, bel·lows

verb

intransitive

To make the deep roaring sound characteristic of a bull.
To shout in a deep voice.

verb

transitive

To utter in a loud, powerful voice. See Synonyms at yell.

noun

The roar of a large animal, such as a bull.
A very loud utterance or other sound.

Origin of bellow

Middle English belwen perhaps from Old English belgan to be enraged and bylgan to bellow

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bel′low·er
noun

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Noun

(plural bellows)

the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise

Verb

(third-person singular simple present bellows, present participle bellowing, simple past and past participle bellowed)

To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
To shout in a deep voice.

Origin

From Middle English belwen, from Old English bylgian, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European base *bʰel- (“to sound, roar”), cognate with belg “leather bag,” bellan “to roar,” blāwan “to blow”. Cognate with German bellen (“to bark”), Old Slavonic блея (Russian блеять (“baa, bleat”)).