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bell out

bell out verb: to open out into a bell shape.

Verb

bell out (third-person singular simple present bells out, present participle belling out, simple past and past participle belled out)

  1. (idiomatic) To open out into a bell shape.
    • Her dress belled out at the bottom.

Forms of bell out

third-person singular presentbells out
present participlebelling out
past participlebelled out
pastbelled out

Questions about bell out

What does bell out mean?
Bell out means to open out into a bell shape.
What part of speech is bell out?
Bell out is a verb.
What is the past tense of bell out?
The past tense of bell out is belled out.

Words near bell out in the dictionary

  1. bell metals
  2. bell miner
  3. bell miners
  4. Bell number
  5. Bell numbers
  6. bell out
  7. Bell Park
  8. bell pepper
  9. bell peppers
  10. bell pit
  11. bell pits

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