bellow

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a very loud utterance, similar to the sound of an animal

   Their bellow filled the hallway.

2. 2
   verb

   to shout loudly and without restraint

   I bellowed out the window.

3. 3
   verb

   to make a loud noise, as of animal

   The bull bellowed in pain.

4. 4
   noun

   The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.

   There was a tap at a door, a bull's bellow from within, and I was face to face with the Professor.

5. 5
   verb

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

   the bellowing voice of boiling seas

6. 6
   verb

   To shout in a deep voice.

   Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.

7. 7
   name

   A surname.

Etymology

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”). Compare billow (“wave”), of the same root, also bulge, with related etymology to swelling. Potentially related to bawl, Swedish böl (“bawl”).