Bellow
['beləʊ] or ['bɛlo]
Definition
(noun.) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); 'his bellow filled the hallway'.
(noun.) United States author (born in Canada) whose novels influenced American literature after World War II (1915-2005).
(verb.) make a loud noise, as of animal; 'The bull bellowed'.
Checker: Mattie--From WordNet
Definition
(v.) To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.
(v.) To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor.
(v.) To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.
(v. t.) To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with out.
(n.) A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a roar.
Edited by Darrell
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Roar (as a beast).[2]. Vociferate, clamor, yell, howl, cry, bawl, make a loud outcry.
Editor: Terence
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See BAWL]
Editor: Rufus
Definition
v.i. to roar like a bull: to make any violent outcry often with sense of contempt or ridicule: to shout aloud: to roar as of cannon the ocean &c.—with objective to give forth a loud sound.—n. the roar of a bull: any deep sound or cry.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
Working a bellows, denotes a struggle, but a final triumph over poverty and fate by energy and perseverance. To dream of seeing a bellows, distant friends are longing to see you. To hear one, occult knowledge will be obtained by the help of powerful means. One fallen into disuse, portends you have wasted energies under misguiding impulses.
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Examples
- His bellow was already silenced, and he was lifting up his huge, blunt, stupid head to the new callers to be patted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I heard a click of steel and a bellow like an enraged bull. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I heard the deep voice of the black bellow as my metal grated against the stone wall as I slipped over. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I have heard thee bellow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Don't you wish you could bellow like him? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Here,' bellowed the drunkard. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He faintly moaned, I am done for, as the victim, and he barbarously bellowed, I'll serve you out, as the murderer. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Then an alarm gun bellowed from a ship's bow, its deep boom reverberating in deafening tones beneath the rocky dome of Omean. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Look arter your wife, Pott,' bellowed a fifth--and then there was a roar of laughter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The maniac bellowed: she parted her shaggy locks from her visage, and gazed wildly at her visitors. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He could just hear the bellowed insults by turning his good ear. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He bellowed like a bull and rushed for the door with all that were left alive at his heels. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Tartar sprang down the pavement towards the gate, bellowing _avec explosion_. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Nor may they imitate the neighing of horses, the bellowing of bulls, the murmur of rivers and roll of the ocean, thunder, and all that sort of thing? Plato. The Republic.
- Never mind him, my dear,' said the Jew, winking at Mr. Dawkins, and giving Master Bates a reproving tap with the nozzle of the bellows. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- But here was Brother Bellows, who had been in the great Bank case, and who could probably tell us more. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Clym hastily put together the logs on the hearth, raked abroad the embers, which were scarcely yet extinct, and blew up a flame with the bellows. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Give her a whiff of fresh air with the bellows, Charley,' said Mr. Dawkins; 'and you slap her hands, Fagin, while Bill undoes the petticuts. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- No gleam of fire, no glittering shower of sparks, no roar of bellows; all shut up, and still. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Near the bottom of the apparatus is a bellows O, which contains a spring tending to keep the lever N, with which it is connected by a rod X, in the position shown. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- There's a hole in thy poor bellows nowadays seemingly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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