bellow
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[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
bellow (plural bellows)
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- the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
[edit] Translations
the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
[edit] Verb
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
[edit] Translations
to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal
to shout or scream in a deep voice
[edit] References
- ^ bellow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
