Bellow Definition
bĕlō
bellowed, bellowing, bellows
verb
bellowed, bellowing, bellows
To make the deep roaring sound characteristic of a bull.
American Heritage
To roar with a powerful, reverberating sound, as a bull does.
Webster's New World
To utter loudly or powerfully.
Webster's New World
To cry out loudly, as in anger or pain.
Webster's New World
To utter in a loud, powerful voice.
American Heritage
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noun
bellows
The roar of a large animal, such as a bull.
American Heritage
The sound of bellowing.
Webster's New World
A very loud utterance or other sound.
American Heritage
The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.
Wiktionary
proper name
(born Solomon Bellows) 1915-2005; U.S. novelist, born in Canada.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Bellow
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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”)).
From Wiktionary
Middle English belwen perhaps from Old English belgan to be enraged and bylgan to bellow
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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