bellow
UK/ˈbɛləʊ//ˈbɛloʊ/
bellow noun: the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.
Noun
bellow (plural bellows)
Verb
bellow (third-person singular simple present bellows, present participle bellowing, simple past and past participle bellowed)
- To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
- the bellowing voice of boiling seas1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
- To shout in a deep voice.
- Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport
Proper noun capitalized: Bellow
Bellow (plural Bellows)
- A surname.
bellow meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
bellow in Hindi
- the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise
- गरज garaj
bellow in Tamil
- துருத்தி, உலைத் துருத்தி
bellow in Urdu
- ڈکار, ڈکار لینا, ڈکارنا, چلانا
bellow in Bengali
- উচ্চস্বরে গর্জন করা, চিৎকার করা, ষাঁড়ের মতো ডাক দেওয়া
More languagesFewer languages
- bellow in Malayalam
- ഗർജനം gaṟjanaṁ, അലർച്ച alaṟcca
- bellow in Kannada
- ಗರ್ಜಿಸು, ಅರಚು, ಕಿರಿಚು, ಗಟ್ಟಿಯಾಗಿ ಕೂಗು
- bellow in Sanskrit
- रोरोति roroti
- bellow in Persian
- ژغند žaġand, غریدن ġorridan
Examples of bellow in a sentence
- "You'll rue the day you tried to cross me, Tom Hero!" bellowed the villain.
- The coach stood on the sidelines and bellowed commands at the team.
- The fans were bellowing out all the songs at the Hellacopters gig.
Forms of bellow
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bellows |
| alternative US (dialectal) | beller |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bellows |
| present participle | bellowing |
| past participle | bellowed |
| past | bellowed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Bellows |
| alternative form | Billow |
Origin of bellow
From Middle English belwen, from Old English belgan, bylgan (“to become angry, to swell with rage”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound, roar”), whence also belg (“leather bag”), bellan (“to roar”), blāwan (“to blow”). Cognate with German bellen (“to bark”), Russian бле́ять (bléjatʹ, “baa, bleat”). Compare billow (“wave”), of the same root, also bulge, with related etymology to swelling. Potentially related to bawl, Swedish böl (“bawl”).
Metonymic occupational surname for a bellows maker.
Words formed from bellow
Words that rhyme with bellow
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Questions about bellow
- What does bellow mean?
- Bellow means the deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.
- What is bellow in Hindi?
- Bellow in Hindi is गरज (garaj). See Bellow meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bellow?
- Bellow can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bellow?
- Bellow is pronounced /ˈbɛloʊ/ (US).
- What is the plural of bellow?
- The plural of bellow is bellows.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bellow (page history and authors); Bellow (page history and authors); bellow (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bellow (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bellow (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bellow (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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