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.

Example Sentences

Then he gently squeezes a bellow, pouring smoke into the hives of honeybees in his garden.

From Salon

Since we came for the shock value, the camera shoves our faces in its guts, bellowing to eat up.

From Salon

When the offense wasn’t displaying the toughness he wanted, Bieniemy bellowed, “Put a hat on a ... hat, let’s play ball!”

From Los Angeles Times

Terry bellows in the direction of the kitchen.

From BBC

Children are bathing, women are doing laundry and giving their bellowing cattle drinks of water.

From BBC