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# bellow

«bellow» in Mova's school dictionary: **To shout something in a very loud, deep voice, often in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (bellow, bellows, bellowed, bellowing); noun (a bellow, bellows)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To shout something in a very loud, deep voice, often in anger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellow/#m1)

2) (verb) Of a bull or large animal: to make a loud, deep roar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellow/#m2)

3) (noun) A loud, deep shout or roar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellow/#m3)

4) Bellows (always plural form): a tool that pumps air into a fire to make it burn hotter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellow/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories "bellowed" is a strong speaking verb used instead of "said" to show a big, loud, often angry character: "'Get out!' bellowed the giant." In nature writing bulls, stags and elephants bellow. Bellows are found by old fireplaces and in a blacksmith's forge.

### examples

- "Silence!" bellowed the headmaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellow/#x1)
- The bull bellowed across the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellow/#x2)
- The coach bellowed instructions from the side of the pitch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellow/#x3)
- We heard a bellow of laughter from the kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellow/#x4)
- The blacksmith pumped the bellows to heat the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellow/#x5)
- The giant bellowed so loudly the windows shook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellow/#x6)
- The herd splashed through the pool he had just left, bellowing till the narrow cut rang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellow/#x7)

### note

Past: bellowed. Pronounced BEL-oh. "Bellows" (the tool) is used like a plural even for one: "a pair of bellows". Do not confuse with "below" (under), which has one l.

### In the corpora

- [Alligators bellow so deeply that the water on their backs dances, and babies call from inside their eggs when ready to hatch.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/29-crocodiles-and-alligators/16/)
- [On Monday he stood on a chair at nursery and bellowed «FINISH HIM!» at a boy holding a toy dinosaur.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother/6/)
- [«LIGHTS OFF, YOU TWO,» Maddie's dad bellows up the stairs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bellow» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellow/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.