BELLOW
Dictionary entry overview: What does Bellow mean?
• BELLOW (noun)
The noun BELLOW has 2 senses:
1. a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
2. United States novelist (born in Canada in 1915)
Familiarity information: BELLOW used as a noun is rare.
• BELLOW (verb)
The verb BELLOW has 2 senses:
1. shout loudly and without restraint
2. make a loud noise, as of animal
Familiarity information: BELLOW used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BELLOW (noun)
Meaning:
A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
bellow; bellowing; holla; holler; hollering; hollo; holloa; yowl; roaring; roar
Context example:
his bellow filled the hallway
Hypernyms ("bellow" is a kind of...):
call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)
Meaning:
United States novelist (born in Canada in 1915)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Saul Bellow; Bellow
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
• BELLOW (verb)
Meaning:
Shout loudly and without restraint
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
bawl; bellow
Hypernyms (to "bellow" is one way to...):
shout (utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make a loud noise, as of animal
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
bellow; roar
Context example:
The bull bellowed
Hypernyms (to "bellow" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence examples:
You can hear animals bellow in the meadows
The meadows bellow with animals
