bell
To attach a bell toTo attach a bell to.
Meaning
7 senses(transitive)To attach a bell to.
Who will bell the cat?
attach a bell to
(transitive)To shape so that it flares out like a bell.
to bell a tube
(slang, transitive)To telephone.
звони́тьzvonítʹ, позвони́тьpozvonítʹ
(intransitive)To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom.
Hops bell.
To ring a bell.
(intransitive)To bellow or roar.
(transitive)To utter in a loud manner; to thunder forth.
Examples
438 sentencesWe were saved by the bell.
Нас врятував дзвоник. — shanghainese
That doesn't ring a bell.
Нічого не спадає на думку. — deniko
ruМне это ни о чём не говорит. — Wezel
He arrived after the bell rang.
Він прибув після того, як пролунав дзвінок. — oromashka
ruОн прибыл после того, как прозвенел звонок. — AntonKhorev
deEr kam an, nachdem die Glocke geläutet hatte. — Yorwba
The bell rang, and the train began to move.
Задзвенів дзвоник і поїзд почав рухатися. — ChickenKiev
ruЗазвенел колокол, и поезд пришёл в движение. — Wezel
deDie Klingel läutete und der Zug setzte sich in Bewegung. — Tamy
There's the bell.
Дзвінок! — Oheto
ruЗвонок! — marafon
deDa ist die Klingel. — nemoli
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Inherited from Middle English belle, from Old English belle, from Proto-West Germanic *belInherited from Middle English belle, from Old English belle, from Proto-West Germanic *bellā, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.
From Middle English bellen, from Old English bellan (“to bellow; make a hollow noise; roar; bark; grunt”), from Proto-Germanic *bellaną (“to sound; roar; bark”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound; roar; bark”). Cognate with Scots bell (“to shout; speak loudly”), Dutch bellen (“to ring”), German Low German bellen (“to ring”), German bellen (“to bark”), Swedish böla (“to low; bellow; roar”).
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Forms
bells, belling, belled, belledPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- the bell rang
- bell rang
- ring the bell
- ring a bell
- the church bells
- heard the bell
- bells are ringing
- after the bell
- church bells
- hear the bell
- when the bell
- the bell had
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.