bel´low|er

bel´low|er
bel|low «BEHL oh», verb, noun.
–v.i.
1. to make a loud, deep noise; roar as a bull does when excited or enraged: »

The cows were bellowing in the barn from hunger.

2. to shout loudly, with anger, or with pain: »

He bellowed in pain when the hammer came down on his finger.

SYNONYM(S): See syn. under cry. (Cf.cry)
–v.t.
to shout in a loud and deep voice; roar: »

to bellow an order.

–n.
1. a loud, deep noise; roar: »

the bellow of an angry voice.

2. any noise made by bellowing: »

We have lost the bellow of mighty steam engines.

[Middle English belwen, perhaps, Old English belegian]
bel´low|er, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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