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Bellowing - 2 dictionary results

bel⋅low

  [bel-oh]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow.
2. to roar; bawl: bellowing with rage.
–verb (used with object)
3. to utter in a loud deep voice: He bellowed his command across the room.
–noun
4. an act or sound of bellowing.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME belwen, akin to OE bylgan to roar (cf. for the vowel OHG bullôn); extended form akin to bell 2

Related forms:
bel⋅low⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. See cry.
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bel·low   (běl'ō)   
v.   bel·lowed, bel·low·ing, bel·lows

v.   intr.
  1. To make the deep roaring sound characteristic of a bull.
  2. To shout in a deep voice.
v.   tr.
To utter in a loud, powerful voice. See Synonyms at shout.
n.  
  1. The roar of a large animal, such as a bull.
  2. A very loud utterance or other sound.

[Middle English belwen, perhaps from Old English belgan, to be enraged, and bylgan, to bellow.]
bel'low·er n.
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