bellow
verb
bel·low
| \ ˈbe-(ˌ)lō
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bellowed;
bellowing;
bellows
Definition of bellow
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: to make the loud deep hollow sound characteristic of a bull
2
: to shout in a deep voice
: bawl
bellows the orders
Bellow
biographical name
Bel·low
| \ ˈbe-(ˌ)lō
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Definition of Bellow (Entry 2 of 2)
Saul 1915–2005 American (Canadian-born) writer
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Examples of bellow in a Sentence
Verb
He bellowed at her to come over at once. He was bellowing into the phone, giving orders to one of his employees. The sergeant was bellowing orders.
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Footage circulated online shows what appears to be burnt U.N.-owned vehicles as thick smoke bellows into the sky. — Washington Post, "UN: Car bomb kills 3 UN staff outside mall in Libya," 10 Aug. 2019 The whisper on the school’s microphone was drowned out by the entire crowd joining in and bellowing out the song. — Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, "‘Paradise football, like always’: Healing for a town, its team and its heroes," 24 Aug. 2019 The canopies were filled with screeching monkeys and the river with bellowing hippos. — Max Bearak, Washington Post, "Kenya’s Pokomo people ask the British to return what was stolen: Their source of power," 9 Aug. 2019 Soon enough, the defending champion was bellowing and shaking his fist after putting away an overhead to go up a break in the third set. — Howard Fendrich, Houston Chronicle, "Novak Djokovic gets by Roberto Bautista Agut to reach sixth Wimbledon final," 12 July 2019 But first Langford’s Waco Brothers, a veteran Chicago act, had a catalog of tunes to blister through, all jangly guitars and four-part vocal harmonies bellowed as if trying to be heard over the din of a pub. — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, "FitzGerald’s American Music Fest still going strong," 3 July 2019 The scene ends in an anarchic bacchanal for full ensemble, with bass tubas bellowing a portion of Lucifer’s theme. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, "Karlheinz Stockhausen Composes the Cosmos," 17 June 2019 The Islamic call to prayer—the adhan—bellows out five times a day. — National Geographic, "Music in Morocco: The ultimate sonic journey," 23 July 2019 Dolphins click, whales moan, walruses bellow and seals bark. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Listen to a Seal Sing the Star Wars Theme and ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’," 25 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bellow.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for bellow
bellow
verb
English Language Learners Definition of bellow
: to shout in a deep voice
of an animal
: to make a deep, loud sound
See the full definition for bellow in the English Language Learners Dictionary
bellow
verb
bel·low
| \ ˈbe-lō
\
\
bellowed;
bellowing
Kids Definition of bellow
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: to shout in a deep voice
He bellowed for them to stop.
2
: to make a deep and loud sound
The bull dashed up and down the field, bellowing so hard that smoke came out of his nostrils.— Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking
bellow
nounKids Definition of bellow (Entry 2 of 2)
: a loud deep sound
an angry bellow
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