BELLOW


Meaning of BELLOW in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ beloʊ ]

( bellows, bellowing, bellowed)

1.

If someone bellows , they shout angrily in a loud, deep voice.

‘I didn’t ask to be born!’ she bellowed...

She prayed she wouldn’t come in and find them there, bellowing at each other...

He bellowed information into the mouthpiece of his portable telephone.

VERB : V with quote , V at n , V n prep , also V

Bellow is also a noun.

I was distraught and let out a bellow of tearful rage.

N-COUNT

2.

When a large animal such as a bull or an elephant bellows , it makes a loud and deep noise.

A heifer bellowed in her stall.

VERB : V

3.

A bellows is or bellows are a device used for blowing air into a fire in order to make it burn more fiercely.

N-COUNT : also a pair of N

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