Definition of Bellow

1. Noun. A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal). "His bellow filled the hallway"

Exact synonyms: Bellowing, Holla, Holler, Hollering, Hollo, Holloa, Roar, Roaring, Yowl
Generic synonyms: Call, Cry, Outcry, Shout, Vociferation, Yell
Derivative terms: Holler, Holler, Holler, Holler, Hollo, Hollo, Roar, Roar, Roar, Roar, Roar, Roar, Yowl, Yowl

2. Verb. Shout loudly and without restraint. "Sam and Sue bellow"
Exact synonyms: Bawl
Generic synonyms: Shout
Derivative terms: Bellowing

3. Noun. United States author (born in Canada) whose novels influenced American literature after World War II (1915-2005).
Exact synonyms: Saul Bellow, Solomon Bellow
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

4. Verb. Make a loud noise, as of animal. "The animals bellow"; "The bull bellowed"
Exact synonyms: Roar
Generic synonyms: Emit, Let Loose, Let Out, Utter
Derivative terms: Bellowing, Roar, Roarer, Roaring

Definition of Bellow

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

2. v. t. To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with out.

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

Definition of Bellow

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

2. Verb. to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal ¹

3. Verb. to shout or scream in a deep voice ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bellow

1. to shout in a deep voice [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bellow

bellingerite
bellings
bellipotence
bellipotent
belllike
bellmaker
bellmakers
bellmaking
bellman
bellmen
bellmetal resonance
bellmouth
bellmouths
belloite
bellona
bellow (current term)
bellowed
bellower
bellowers
bellowest
belloweth
bellowing
bellowings
bellows
bellows fish
bellows length
bellows murmur
bellowslike
bellpeople
bellperson

Literary usage of Bellow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"Blatant To roar, to bellow. Du. blae- ren, probably contracted from bladeren, ... to bellow, to cry, the place of the liquid being very easily transposed in ..."

2. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"No, sir, that I wo'n't ; Don't hold me, or I'll bellow ; Hands off, I beg—indeed you don't ; Begone, you saucy fellow !" And, when they talked of blisses, ..."

3. The Jonson Allusion-Book: A Collection of Allusions to Ben Jonson from 1597-1700 by Jesse Franklin Bradley, Joseph Quincy Adams (1922)
"... Brains And Art to strike the White, As you have levell'd right: Yet if Men vouch not things Apochryphal, You bellow, rave, and spatter round your Gall. ..."

4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"Blatant To roar, to bellow. Du. blae- ren, probably contracted from bladeren, ... to bellow, to cry, the place of the liquid being very easily transposed in ..."

5. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"No, sir, that I wo'n't ; Don't hold me, or I'll bellow ; Hands off, I beg—indeed you don't ; Begone, you saucy fellow !" And, when they talked of blisses, ..."

6. The Jonson Allusion-Book: A Collection of Allusions to Ben Jonson from 1597-1700 by Jesse Franklin Bradley, Joseph Quincy Adams (1922)
"... Brains And Art to strike the White, As you have levell'd right: Yet if Men vouch not things Apochryphal, You bellow, rave, and spatter round your Gall. ..."

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