bellow

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  1. intransitive verb To make the deep roaring sound characteristic of a bull.
  2. intransitive verb To shout in a deep voice.
  3. transitive verb To utter in a loud, powerful voice. See Synonyms at shout.
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  • It was said that when he lost control and began to rant, bellow, and scream, his eyes would turn yellow and sparks would fly from them, while noxious fumes issued from his nostril slits. —  Question Quest
  • The vampire spread his wings and uttered an awful bellow, a blood chilling sound that was scarcely human. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 03 - March 1994
  • His bellow was ample to carry to his associates The man on the radio table fell to the floor, but did not move afterward. —  027 - The Secret In The Sky
  • The gunner had a tendency to bellow, a habit developed from decades of shouting orders over the thunder of cannons. —  Teresa Medeiros - Thief of Hearts
  • With an enraged bellow, the leader called his slaves to attack. —  Ann Maxwell - Fire Dancer 1 - Fire Dancer (v1.0)
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howl ·  squeal ·  growl ·  grunt ·  roar ·  peal ·  snort ·  sob ·  rumble ·  clamor ·  whoop ·  croak

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bellow:   bellowed ·  bellowing ·  bellows
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English belwen, perhaps from Old English belgan, to be enraged, and bylgan, to bellow.

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  1. from Middle English belowen, bellewen, belwen, bellow, low, from Anglo-Saxon bylgean (occurring only once), bellow (as a bull), apparently with added formative and umlaut from the same root as bellan, low, bellow, English bell: see bell.
  2. from bellow, v. i.
 

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