bellows

«bellows» in Mova's school dictionary: A tool with handles and a soft folding middle that pushes… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (bellows — plural in form; a pair of bellows); verb form (bellow, bellows, bellowed, bellowing)

meaning for a pupil

1) A tool with handles and a soft folding middle that pushes out a strong stream of air when you squeeze it, used to make a fire burn hotter. tree →

2) The folding air part of an accordion, organ or old camera. tree →

3) «Bellows» is also the -s form of the verb «bellow»: to shout or roar loudly. «He bellows at the dog.» tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and science lessons blacksmiths used bellows to blow air into fires to make them hot enough to melt metal: more oxygen makes a fire burn hotter. Our lungs work a bit like bellows. In stories a giant or angry man «bellows» orders.

examples

• The blacksmith pumped the bellows to make the fire glow. tree →
• Grandpa uses a pair of bellows to start the fire. tree →
• The accordion's bellows squeezed in and out. tree →
• Our lungs work a bit like bellows. tree →
• The coach bellows at us from the side of the pitch. tree →
• The bull bellows in the field. tree →
• So there John blew his bellows and hammered his iron and did all the work which came his way. tree →

note

«Bellows» the tool is singular or plural: «the bellows is» or «the bellows are»; «a pair of bellows». Say «BELL-ohz». The verb «bellow» means shout loudly — a different meaning.

In the corpora

• «LIGHTS OFF, YOU TWO,» Maddie's dad bellows up the stairs.

Trees and pragmatics

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