bellow

Speech parts

1. bellow - Noun

2. bellow - Verb

4. Bellow - Proper noun

Meaning

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

To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor.

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

To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with out.

A loud resounding outcry or noise, as of an enraged bull; a roar.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bawl roar holler thunder call roaring bellowing trumpet cry shout scream yell clamor growl holla
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Antonyms

crow hawk calypso carol tweedle caw
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Hypernyms

call emit cry utter outcry shout

Phrases with the word

bellow of laughter bellow box

Derivatives

bellowed bellowing

Examples

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers. Charles Péguy

Saul Bellow never took my advice when he was my friend. Leslie Fiedler

The reason Saul Bellow doesn't talk to me anymore is because he knows his new novels are not worth reading. Leslie Fiedler

I don't even like to talk about it. I hated being a number and not merely because I was a very small one. I let them bellow at me for just as long as it took me to find enough pluck to bellow back at them. George Grosz

If you enter a goat stable, bleat; if you enter a water buffalo stable, bellow. Indonesian Proverb

A calf that is sucking does not bellow. Ghana Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Bellovaci Bellovian Bellovin bellow box bellow of laughter bellow out