bellow

CEFRC1

/ˈbɛloʊ/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    shout loudly and without restraint.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.

Examples

  • Do the oxen bellow when their mangers are full?

  • the bellowing voice of boiling seas

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈbɛləʊ/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To shout in a deep voice.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.

More examples

In context

  • There was a tap at a door, a bull's bellow from within, and I was face to face with the Professor.

  • 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.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The angry bull began to blank loudly at the approaching farmer.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

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”).