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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Animals , Colours & sounds bellowbel‧low1 /ˈbeləʊ $ -loʊ/ verb 1 [intransitive, transitive]SHOUT to shout loudly in a deep voice SYN yell ‘That’s your problem!’ bellowed Hurley. Tony was bellowing orders.► see thesaurus at shout 2 [intransitive]HBAC to make the deep sound that a bull makes→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpusbellow• "Be quiet!" the teacher bellowed.• "He's guilty and I'll prove it!" Sharpton bellowed.• She was half dead, Manshin Anjima bellowed.• Then the referee started to blow his whistle and bellow at me.• Sometimes they can be heard bellowing far away on the shoreline in very great numbers.• Back in the other Washington, Republicans bellowed for his scalp.• Little did I think that the one-time pretty young copy typist would end up bellowing in my ear.• The officer in charge was bellowing instructions through a loudspeaker.• Cantor bellowed into the speaker phone.• As the farmer poured the fluid into the wounds they would bellow loudly and kick out at him. Related topics: Colours & sounds , Animals bellowbellow2 noun [countable] 1 a loud deep shout His voice rose to a bellow.a bellow of rage/laughter etc Alex gave another bellow of laughter. 2 CHBAthe deep sound that a bull makes3 → bellows Examples from the Corpusbellow• Instead of their polished manner and measured tones, he sweats under the studio lights and delivers his lines in a bellow.• In 1884 he achieved a higher temperature using another homemade furnace and bellows.• With an angry bellow, the daemon rose to confront him.• He touched the toad and it inflated jerkily, its throat moving in and out like bellows.• The muffled bellows were the only sounds he could make as his face was pushed closer and closer to the glowing rings.• He worked the bellows furiously, with disastrous results.a bellow of rage/laughter etc• Behind him Hrun screamed, but it sounded more like a bellow of rage than a cry of pain.• She screamed loudly, but it was a bellow of rage not helplessness.Origin bellow1 Old English bylgian bellow2 1. (1700-1800) → BELLOW1 2. (1100-1200) Probably from Old English belg; → BELLY1
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Verb table
bellow
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they bellow
he, she, it bellows
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they bellowed
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have bellowed
he, she, it has bellowed
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had bellowed
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will bellow
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have bellowed
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Continuous Form
Present
I am bellowing
he, she, it is bellowing
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you, we, they are bellowing
Past
I, he, she, it was bellowing
you, we, they were bellowing
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been bellowing
he, she, it has been bellowing
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been bellowing
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be bellowing
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been bellowing
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