bellow
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
Middle English belwen, from Old English bylgian, cognate with belg “leather bag,” bellan “to roar,” blāwan “to blow”. Cognate with German bellen (“‘to bark’”), Old Slavonic блея[1] (Russian блеять (“‘baa, bleat’”)).
[edit] Noun
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bellow (plural bellows)
- the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
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the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
[edit] Verb
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to bellow (third-person singular simple present bellows, present participle bellowing, simple past and past participle bellowed)
- to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
- to shout or scream in a deep voice
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to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
to shout or scream in a deep voice
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[edit] References
- Notes:
- ^ bellow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
