| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bel·low |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b l  |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: bel·lowed, bel·low·ing, bel·lows
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To make the deep roaring sound characteristic of a bull. 2. To shout in a deep voice. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To utter in a loud, powerful voice. See synonyms at shout. | | NOUN: | 1. The roar of a large animal, such as a bull. 2. A very loud utterance or other sound. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English belwen, perhaps from Old English belgan, to be enraged, and bylgan, to bellow. | | OTHER FORMS: | bellow·er —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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