bellow

¹

[bel-oh]

verb (used without object)

1. to emit a hollow, loud, animal cry, as a bull or cow.

2. to roar; bawl.

   bellowing with rage.

verb (used with object)

1. to utter in a loud deep voice.

   He bellowed his command across the room.

noun

1. an act or sound of bellowing.

Bellow

²

[bel-oh]

noun

1. Saul, 1915–2005, U.S. novelist, born in Canada: Nobel Prize in Literature 1976.

bellow

¹

/ ˈbɛləʊ /

verb

1. (intr) to make a loud deep raucous cry like that of a bull; roar

2. to shout (something) unrestrainedly, as in anger or pain; bawl

noun

1. the characteristic noise of a bull

2. a loud deep sound, as of pain or anger

Bellow

²

/ ˈbɛləʊ /

noun

1. Saul . 1915–2005, US novelist, born in Canada. His works include Dangling Man (1944), The Adventures of Angie March (1954), Herzog (1964), Humboldt's Gift (1975), The Dean's December (1981), and Ravelstein (2000): Nobel prize for literature 1976

Other Word Forms

• bellower noun
• outbellow verb (used with object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of bellow¹

before 1000; Middle English belwen, akin to Old English bylgan to roar (compare for the vowel Old High German bullôn ); extended form akin to bell ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of bellow¹

C14: probably from Old English bylgan ; related to bellan to _bell ²

Synonym Study

See cry.

Example Sentences

That evening, while walking the dog, I found a Saul Bellow novel from 1982 sitting on a stoop.

From New York Times

On Monday, Trump’s lawyers asked a judge to pause his appeal of Bellow’s decision to allow time for a U.S.

From Seattle Times

Haley seems to have her feet still planted on the ground — able to face what Saul Bellow once called “the reality situation.”

From Seattle Times

Saul Bellow noted Mr. McCarthy’s “absolutely overpowering use of language, his life-giving and death-dealing sentences.”

From New York Times

It includes portraits of three writers who played crucial and cherished roles in his life: Philip Larkin, Saul Bellow and Christopher Hitchens.

From New York Times