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He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.
Charles Peguy

Meaning of "bellow" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BELLOW

Probably from Old English bylgan; related to bellan to bell².
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BELLOW

bellow  [ˈbɛləʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BELLOW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bellow is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bellow in English.

WHAT DOES BELLOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bellow in the English dictionary

The first definition of bellow in the dictionary is to make a loud deep raucous cry like that of a bull; roar. Other definition of bellow is to shout unrestrainedly, as in anger or pain; bawl. Bellow is also the characteristic noise of a bull.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BELLOW

PRESENT

Present
I bellow
you bellow
he/she/it bellows
we bellow
you bellow
they bellow
Present continuous
I am bellowing
you are bellowing
he/she/it is bellowing
we are bellowing
you are bellowing
they are bellowing
Present perfect
I have bellowed
you have bellowed
he/she/it has bellowed
we have bellowed
you have bellowed
they have bellowed
Present perfect continuous
I have been bellowing
you have been bellowing
he/she/it has been bellowing
we have been bellowing
you have been bellowing
they have been bellowing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I bellowed
you bellowed
he/she/it bellowed
we bellowed
you bellowed
they bellowed
Past continuous
I was bellowing
you were bellowing
he/she/it was bellowing
we were bellowing
you were bellowing
they were bellowing
Past perfect
I had bellowed
you had bellowed
he/she/it had bellowed
we had bellowed
you had bellowed
they had bellowed
Past perfect continuous
I had been bellowing
you had been bellowing
he/she/it had been bellowing
we had been bellowing
you had been bellowing
they had been bellowing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bellow
you will bellow
he/she/it will bellow
we will bellow
you will bellow
they will bellow
Future continuous
I will be bellowing
you will be bellowing
he/she/it will be bellowing
we will be bellowing
you will be bellowing
they will be bellowing
Future perfect
I will have bellowed
you will have bellowed
he/she/it will have bellowed
we will have bellowed
you will have bellowed
they will have bellowed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bellowing
you will have been bellowing
he/she/it will have been bellowing
we will have been bellowing
you will have been bellowing
they will have been bellowing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bellow
you would bellow
he/she/it would bellow
we would bellow
you would bellow
they would bellow
Conditional continuous
I would be bellowing
you would be bellowing
he/she/it would be bellowing
we would be bellowing
you would be bellowing
they would be bellowing
Conditional perfect
I would have bellow
you would have bellow
he/she/it would have bellow
we would have bellow
you would have bellow
they would have bellow
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bellowing
you would have been bellowing
he/she/it would have been bellowing
we would have been bellowing
you would have been bellowing
they would have been bellowing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bellow
we let´s bellow
you bellow
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bellow
Past participle
bellowed
Present Participle
bellowing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BELLOW


bordello
bɔːˈdɛləʊ
Campobello
ˌkæmpəˈbɛləʊ
Capello
kæˈpɛləʊ
cello
ˈtʃɛləʊ
Costello
kɒˈstɛləʊ
delo
ˈdɛləʊ
fellow
ˈfɛləʊ
goodfellow
ˈɡʊdˌfɛləʊ
helo
ˈhɛləʊ
Longfellow
ˈlɒŋˌfɛləʊ
Martello
mɑːˈtɛləʊ
mellow
ˈmɛləʊ
modello
məˈdɛləʊ
morello
məˈrɛləʊ
Novello
nəˈvɛləʊ
portabello
ˌpɔːtəˈbɛləʊ
Portobelo
ˌpɔːtəʊˈbɛləʊ
rebellow
rɪˈbɛləʊ
violoncello
ˌvaɪələnˈtʃɛləʊ
yellow
ˈjɛləʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BELLOW

belligerent
belligerently
Bellingshausen Sea
Bellini
Bellinzona
bellman
bellmen
Belloc
bellock
Bellona
bellower
bellows
bellows fish
bellpull
bellpush
bells
bells and whistles
bells of Ireland
bellwether
bellwort

WORDS THAT END LIKE BELLOW

allow
bedfellow
cadmium yellow
canary yellow
chrome yellow
clouded yellow
daffodil yellow
golden yellow
high yellow
lemon yellow
Naples yellow
Oddfellow
playfellow
primrose yellow
research fellow
Robin Goodfellow
saffron yellow
schoolfellow
teaching fellow
unmellow
yokefellow

Synonyms and antonyms of bellow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BELLOW»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bellow» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bellow
bawl · bell · call · clamour · cry · holler · howl · roar · scream · shout · shriek · yell

Translation of «bellow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BELLOW

Find out the translation of bellow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bellow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bellow» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

吼叫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bramar
570 millions of speakers

English

bellow
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bellow
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رفع الصوت عاليا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ниже
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vociferar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নর্দন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brailler
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Di bawah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

brüllen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

どなる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고함지르다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bellow
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dưới đây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெல்லோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डरकाळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

feryat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sbraitare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

poniżej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нижче
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de mai jos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρακάτω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geloei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bälg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bellow
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bellow

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BELLOW»

The term «bellow» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.206 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BELLOW» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bellow» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bellow» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bellow

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «BELLOW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bellow.
1
George Grosz
I don't even like to talk about it. I hated being a number and not merely because I was a very small one. I let them bellow at me for just as long as it took me to find enough pluck to bellow back at them.
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Charles Peguy
He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BELLOW»

Discover the use of bellow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bellow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Seize the Day
Seize the day. Be in the present. Grasp the hour, the moment, the instant. This is the dubious advice given by outlandish Dr. Tamkin—part psychologist, part stockbroker—to poor Tommy Wilhelm.
Saul Bellow, 2013
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Saul Bellow's Heart: A Son's Memoir
Saul Bellow's Heart is an affectionate, revealing portrait of a fiercely private man, a picture of a moving father-son relationship and a unique insight into one of America's greatest twentieth-century writers.
Greg Bellow, 2013
3
Saul Bellow: Letters
"I hungrily read the book through in three nights, as though I'd stumbled upon a lost Bellow masterpiece only recently unearthed.
Saul Bellow, Ben Taylor, 2010
4
Conversations with Saul Bellow
Renowned writer Saul Bellow reflects on the times in which we live and the craft of writing.
Saul Bellow, Gloria L. Cronin, Ben Siegel, 1994
5
Saul Bellow Against the Grain
Pifer contends that Bellow's fiction is radical.
Ellen Pifer, 1991
6
Henderson the Rain King
Bellow evokes all the rich colour and exotic customs of a highly imaginary Africa in this comic novel about a middle-aged American millionaire who, seeking a new, more rewarding life, descends upon an African tribe.
Saul Bellow, 2013
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Saul Bellow and American Transcendentalism
Bellow is widely considered to be the best and certainly most studied American novelist since World War II. Quayum (Asian and Asian-American studies, State U. of New York-Binghamton) here intends not to contradict any of the massive ...
Mohammad A. Quayum, 2004
8
A Political Companion to Saul Bellow
A Political Companion to Saul Bellow examines the author's novels, essays, short stories, and letters in order to illuminate his evolution from liberal to neoconservative.
Gloria L. Cronin, Lee Trepanier, 2013
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The Woman in the Novels of Saul Bellow
The Book Presents In Brief A Critical Study Of Saul Bellow S Vision Of Woman In General.
Ram Prakash Pradhan, 2006
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Saul Bellow: a Mosaic
Saul Bellow, A Mosaic, a collection of essays based on papers presented at the Saul Bellow International Conference at Haifa University in Israel (April 1987), brings together a fresh mosaic of critical writing on the works of the Nobel ...
Liela H. Goldman, Gloria L. Cronin, Ada Aharoni, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BELLOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bellow is used in the context of the following news items.
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The most American fiction - according to the rest of the world
Saul Bellow. Saul Bellow, Saul Bellow. Pick any three you want. andrew moss's avatar ... Saul Bellow. Saul Bellow, Saul Bellow. Pick any three ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Blindsided: An Introduction to Our Esquire Fiction Festival
Flannery O'Connor? Yes. Philip Roth? Yes. Saul Bellow, John Cheever, Joy Williams, David Foster Wallace? Yes, and many more. (Mailer? «Esquire.com, Jul 15»
3
MasterCard Closing In On Facial Scanning for Approving Online …
What do you think about MasterCard's Facial Recognition App? Let us know on the comments bellow! 67. SHARES. FBTwitterGoogleLnkdIN ... «Bitcoinist.net, Jul 15»
4
Stories forever
In Saul Bellow's centennial year, celebrations have been disappointingly low-key in India. But he remains relevant for his writer's voice and the ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
5
He seized the day as both man and jerk
As he lay dying, Saul Bellow asked a friend: "Was I a man or a jerk?" The case for the prosecution would argue he had five marriages, four ... «Jewish Chronicle, Jun 15»
6
Canada's greatest novelist was born 100 years ago this month
Yet those who care to remedy such a state of affairs still have time before Saul Bellow's birth month is out to read his astonishing 1976 Nobel ... «The Battlefords News-Optimist, Jun 15»
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Saul Bellow was born 100 years ago this month
Yet those who care to remedy such a state of affairs still have time before Saul Bellow's birth month is out to read his astonishing 1976 Nobel ... «Troy Media, Jun 15»
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How Saul Bellow broke the WASPs' hold on literature
LONDON — If there was a shortlist for “Greatest American novelist of the twentieth century” Saul Bellow is certainly a worthy candidate. «The Times of Israel, Jun 15»
9
Show Review: The Lone Bellow @ El Rey Theatre
After selling out their spring tour, my favorite folk rockers The Lone Bellow returned to Los Angeles Tuesday evening for a show at El Rey ... «LA Music Blog, Jun 15»
10
The State of the American Mind with Mark Bauerlein and Adam Bellow
Mark Bauerlein and Adam Bellow, both longtime friends of the show, have collaborated on a new book, The State of the American Mind. Where ... «Ricochet.com, Jun 15»

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