[bel-ohz, -uh
z] 
) | 1. | a device for producing a strong current of air, consisting of a chamber that can be expanded to draw in air through a valve and contracted to expel it through a tube. |
| 2. | anything resembling or suggesting bellows in form, as the collapsible part of a camera or enlarger. |
| 3. | the lungs. |
[bel-ohz] | George Wesley, 1882–1925, U.S. painter and lithographer. |
[bel-oh] | 1. | to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow. |
| 2. | to roar; bawl: bellowing with rage. |
| 3. | to utter in a loud deep voice: He bellowed his command across the room. |
| 4. | an act or sound of bellowing. |
| bel·low (běl'ō) v. bel·lowed, bel·low·ing, bel·lows v. intr.
To utter in a loud, powerful voice. See Synonyms at shout. n.
[Middle English belwen, perhaps from Old English belgan, to be enraged, and bylgan, to bellow.] bel'low·er n. |
| bel·lows (běl'ōz, -əz) pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
[Middle English belowes, from Old English belgas, pl. of belg; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.] |
| Bel·lows (běl'ōz) American artist noted for his energetic paintings of sporting scenes, such as Stag at Sharkey's (1907). |
Bellows
occurs only in Jer. 6:29, in relation to the casting of metal. Probably they consisted of leather bags similar to those common in Egypt.