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bellowing

bellowing is the present participle and gerund of bellow.

Meaning of bellow

Verb

bellow (third-person singular simple present bellows, present participle bellowing, simple past and past participle bellowed)

  1. 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
  2. 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

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Noun

bellowing (plural bellowings)

  1. The sound produced when someone or something bellows
    • The cries of applause and derision from the spectators, and the formidable bellowings of the exasperated monks who surrounded Pachymius, did not tend to steady his nerves, or render the task of critical discrimination the easier.1890, Richard Garnett, The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
    • Incessant bellowings fill all the earth, Mingled with inextinguishable mirth.1892, Ambrose Bierce, Black Beetles in Amber

Forms of bellowing

pluralbellowings

Phrases with bellowing

Questions about bellowing

What does bellowing mean?
Bellowing means the sound produced when someone or something bellows.
What is bellowing the present participle and gerund of?
Bellowing is the present participle and gerund of bellow.
What part of speech is bellowing?
Bellowing is a noun.
What is the plural of bellowing?
The plural of bellowing is bellowings.

Words near bellowing in the dictionary

  1. bellowest
  2. belloweth
  3. bellowfish
  4. bellowfishes
  5. Bellowian
  6. bellowing
  7. bellowing out
  8. bellowings
  9. bellows
  10. Bellows Falls
  11. bellows out

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