Meaning

2 senses
  1. To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.

    brüllen, röhren

    рыча́тьryčátʹ, реве́тьrevétʹ

    make a loud noise, as of animal

  2. To shout in a deep voice.

    brüllen, grölen

    реве́тьrevétʹ

    ревітиrevity, горлатиhorlaty

    shout loudly and without restraint

Examples

13 sentences
  1. The bellows aren't working.

    deDie Blasebälge funktionieren nicht.

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  2. Do the oxen bellow when their mangers are full?

    Хіба ревуть воли, як ясла повні?

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  3. The lion bellows out a roar.

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  4. The bull bellows and paws the ground before charging.

    ruБык перед атакой ревёт и роет землю.

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  5. The giant refrigerator was bellowing cold air into the room.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to shout in a deep voice:
Русский
By meaning 1
to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to make a noise like the deep roar of a large animal:
to shout in a deep voice:

Origin

From Middle English belwen, from Old English belgan, bylgan (“to become angry, to swell wi

From Middle English belwen, from Old English belgan, bylgan (“to become angry, to swell with rage”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound, roar”), whence also belg (“leather bag”), bellan (“to roar”), blāwan (“to blow”). Cognate with German bellen (“to bark”), Russian бле́ять (bléjatʹ, “baa, bleat”).

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Forms

bellows, bellowing, bellowed, bellowed
Base formbellow · to bellow
3rd person singularbellows
Present participlebellowing
Past simplebellowed
Past participlebellowed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybellow
he, she, itbellows

Past simpleLesson

all personsbellowed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bellowed
he, she, ithas bellowed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bellow

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make a loud noise, as of animal:roar
  • shout loudly and without restraint:bawl

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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