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Webster 1913 Edition

Bellow

Bel′low

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bellowed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bellowing
.]
[OE.
belwen
,
belowen
, AS.
bylgean
, fr.
bellan
; akin to G.
bellen
, and perh. to L.
flere
to weep, OSlav.
bleja
to bleat, Lith.
balsas
voice. Cf.
Bell
,
Noun.
&
Verb.
,
Bawl
,
Bull
.]
1.
To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.
2.
To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor.
Dryden.
3.
To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.
The
bellowing
voice of boiling seas.
Dryden.

Bel′low

,
Verb.
T.
To emit with a loud voice; to shout; – used with out.
“Would bellow out a laugh.”
Dryden.

Bel′low

,
Noun.
A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a roar.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bellow

BEL'LOW

,
Verb.
I.
[L.balo.]
1.
To make a hollow, loud noise, as a bull; to make a loud outcry; to roar. In contempt, to vociferate or clamor.
2.
To roar, as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.

BEL'LOW

,
Noun.
A loud outcry; roar.

Definition 2024

bellow

bellow

English

Alternative forms

(US, regional) beller

Noun

bellow ‎(plural bellows)

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

Translations

Verb

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

  1. To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
    • Dryden
      the bellowing voice of boiling seas
  2. To shout in a deep voice.
    • 2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
      Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.

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    Etymology

    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”) and Russian бле́ять ‎(bléjatʹ, “baa, bleat”).

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