Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense bellows, present participle bellowing, past tense, past participle bellowed
1. verb
If someone bellows, they shout angrily in a loud, deep voice.
'I didn't ask to be born!' she bellowed. [VERB with quote]
She prayed she wouldn't come in and find them there, bellowing at each other. [VERB + at]
He bellowed information into the mouthpiece of the phone. [VERB noun preposition]
[Also VERB]
Synonyms: shout, call, cry (out), scream More Synonyms of bellow
Bellow is also a noun.
I was distraught and let out a bellow of tearful rage. [+ of]
2. verb
When a large animal such as a bull or an elephant bellows, it makes a loud and deep noise.
A heifer bellowed in her stall. [VERB]
3. countable noun [oft a pair ofNOUN]
A bellows is or bellows are a device used for blowing air into a fire in order to make it burn more fiercely.
...two stone forges, each equipped with bellows.
Synonyms: shout, call, cry, scream More Synonyms of bellow
bellow in British English
(ˈbɛləʊ)
verb
1. (intransitive)
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
3.
the characteristic noise of a bull
4.
a loud deep sound, as of pain or anger
Derived forms
bellower (ˈbellower)
noun
Word origin
C14: probably from Old English bylgan; related to bellan to bell2
Bellow in British English
(ˈbɛləʊ)
noun
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 in American English
(ˈbɛloʊ)
Saul(born Solomon Bellows) 1915-2005; U.S. novelist, born in Canada
bellow in American English
(ˈbɛloʊ)
verb intransitive
1.
to roar with a powerful, reverberating sound, as a bull does
2.
to cry out loudly, as in anger or pain
verb transitive
3.
to utter loudly or powerfully
noun
4.
the sound of bellowing
Word origin
ME belwen < OE bylgan: for IE base see bell1
Examples of 'bellow' in a sentence
bellow
Push it hard and the exhaust begins to bellow like an angry bull.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
During our interview he lets out a bellow of rage and begins to cry.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
From high up in the stand the manager bellowed instructions to the players via the touchline.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The machine begins with a fan being turned by air from a bellows.
Larry Downes THE STRATEGY MACHINE (2002)
To have tens of thousands of fans bellowing encouragement instead of turning on their side is an advantage.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Consider a classic experiment where volunteers were told to bellow as loud as they could as part of a shouting competition.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Ten metres from them, he bellowed like a crazy man.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In shouting and bellowing and making wild grabs at him, they had only inspired further noise.
Standen, Chris Superdog! Action plans that work for a happy and well-behaved pet (1990)
He bellowed in pain yet managed to struggle to his feet, fending off his assailant before collapsing.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Then we began the second half the walk through countryside, stopping to marvel nervously at an enraged bull bellowing from a field.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is a staggering noise, a bellow, the sound of wanton consumption.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Five goalless draws in the last nine games has got Old Trafford fans bellowing for them to attack.
The Sun (2015)
As spring dawns, the glacier noise can grow into bellowing groans, like a bear coming out of hibernation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And we hoped a deep roar would bellow from a gleaming example of exquisite design, superior build quality and space-age technology.
The Sun (2010)
In other languages
bellow
British English: bellow VERB
If someone bellows, they shout angrily in a loud, deep voice.
'I didn't ask to be born!' she bellowed.
I could hear the crowd bellowing.
American English: bellow
Brazilian Portuguese: vociferar
Chinese: 吼叫
European Spanish: bramar
French: brailler
German: brüllen
Italian: sbraitare
Japanese: どなる
Korean: 고함지르다
European Portuguese: vociferar
Latin American Spanish: bramar
Chinese translation of 'bellow'
bellow
(ˈbɛləu)
vi
[person]大声(聲)叫喊 (dàshēng jiàohǎn)
[bull]吼叫 (hǒujiào)
vt
[orders]大声(聲)叫 (dàshēng jiào)
n(c)
(= sound) 大吼 (dàhǒu)
(verb)
Definition
to make a loud deep cry like that of a bull
He bellowed the information into the telephone.
Synonyms
shout
We began to shout for help.
call
`Boys!' he called, `Dinner's ready!'
cry (out)
scream
If I hear one more joke about my hair, I shall scream.