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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

  [bel-oh]
–noun
Saul, 1915–2005, U.S. novelist, born in Canada: Nobel prize for literature 1976.
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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.
Bel·low   (běl'ō)   
Canadian-born American writer whose novels, including The Dangling Man (1944) and Humboldt's Gift (1975), often concern an alienated individual within an indifferent society. He won the 1976 Nobel Prize for literature.
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Bellow

Bel"low\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bellowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bellowing.] [OE. belwen, belowen, AS. bylgean, fr. bellan; akin to G. bellen, and perh. to L. flere to weep, OSlav. bleja to bleat, Lith. balsas voice. Cf. Bell, n. & v., Bawl, Bull.]

1. To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.

2. To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor. --Dryden.

3. To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.

The bellowing voice of boiling seas. --Dryden.

Bellow

Bel"low\, v. t. To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with out. "Would bellow out a laugh." --Dryden.

Bellow

Bel"low\, n. A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a roar.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : bellow
Spanish: bramar,
German: brüllen,
Japanese: ほえる
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bellow 
O.E. bylgian "to bellow," from PIE base *bhel- "to sound, roar." Originally of animals, especially cows and bulls, used of human beings since 1602.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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