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noun

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

verb

Bellow v. t. To emit with a loud voice; to shout; used with out. "Would bellow out a laugh."

Bellow v. i. (past & past part. bellowed; pres. part. bellowing)

To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.

To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor.

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."

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Etymology of 'Bellow'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bellow" Quotes from Famous Books

... it, and upon the jutting eaves above it, until I looked out, as through a tunnel, into the jutting tree-tops. Beyond was a mad whirl of snowflakes that hid the nearest hills. The wind whined and scolded, and now and then arose into a hoarse bellow. I shivered, and slipped my cold hands up the sleeves of my stuff frock. We had circassian frocks for every day, and merino for Sundays. Our under petticoats were of flannel, and we wore, outside of these, quilted skirts interlined with wool. My mother ...

— When Grandmamma Was New - The Story of a Virginia Childhood • Marion Harland

... For a moment I thought it was a large serpent, but presently out hopped a huge toad in pursuit of some little animal which had incautiously ventured near its den. Presently it gave sound to a most extraordinary loud snoring kind of bellow, when True dashed forward and caught it. I rescued the creature before his teeth had crushed it. On recovering its liberty, it croaked away as lustily as before. On measuring it, I found it fully seven inches long, and as many broad. It had a considerable ...

— On the Banks of the Amazon • W.H.G. Kingston

... at the last week of term, at the last days of the last week. The holiday spirit was abroad in the school. Among the boys it took the form of increased disorderliness. Boys who had hitherto only made Glossop bellow now made him perspire and tear his hair as well. Boys who had merely spilt ink now broke windows. The Little Nugget abandoned cigarettes in favour of an old clay pipe which he had ...

— The Little Nugget • P.G. Wodehouse

... McAlpine had withdrawn into the next room, and through the closed door we could hear the sound of excited talking and knew that she was telling the story to someone. When she had finished we heard a man's voice raised in a regular bellow. Evidently it had ...

— The Campfire Girls Go Motoring • Hildegard G. Frey

... Michelangelo seems to be about to overwhelm you in some frightful tragedy. In the shadowless cool light of early morning, these pallid valleys, horrid with noise of struggle and terror, the snorting of a horse, the bellow of a bullock in pain, seem like some fantastic dream of a new Inferno; but when at last the enormous sun has risen over the mountains, and flooded the glens with furious heat, it is as though you walked in some delirium, a shining world full ...

— Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa • Edward Hutton

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