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 →

2) (verb) Of a bull or large animal: to make a loud, deep roar. tree →

3) (noun) A loud, deep shout or roar. tree →

4) Bellows (always plural form): a tool that pumps air into a fire to make it burn hotter. tree →

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 →
• The bull bellowed across the field. tree →
• The coach bellowed instructions from the side of the pitch. tree →
• We heard a bellow of laughter from the kitchen. tree →
• The blacksmith pumped the bellows to heat the fire. tree →
• The giant bellowed so loudly the windows shook. tree →
• The herd splashed through the pool he had just left, bellowing till the narrow cut rang. tree →

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.
• On Monday he stood on a chair at nursery and bellowed «FINISH HIM!» at a boy holding a toy dinosaur.
• «LIGHTS OFF, YOU TWO,» Maddie's dad bellows up the stairs.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bellow» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.