bellow

¹

[ bel-oh ]

verb (used without object)

1. to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow.
2. to roar; bawl:

   bellowing with rage.

verb (used with object)

1. to utter in a loud deep voice:

   He bellowed his command across the room.

noun

1. an act or sound of bellowing.

Bellow

²

[ bel-oh ]

noun

1. Saul, 1915–2005, U.S. novelist, born in Canada: Nobel Prize in Literature 1976.

Bellow

¹

/ ˈbɛləʊ /

noun

1. BellowSaul19152005MUSCanadianWRITING: novelist 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

bellow

²

/ ˈbɛləʊ /

verb

1. intr to make a loud deep raucous cry like that of a bull; roar
2. to shout (something) unrestrainedly, as in anger or pain; bawl

noun

1. the characteristic noise of a bull
2. a loud deep sound, as of pain or anger

Derived Forms

• ˈbellower, noun

Other Words From

• bellow·er noun
• outbellow verb (used with object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of bellow¹

before 1000; Middle English belwen, akin to Old English bylgan to roar (compare for the vowel Old High German bullôn ); extended form akin to bell ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of bellow¹

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

Synonym Study

See cry.