Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bellow
Participle: bellowed
Gerund: bellowing
Indicative
Present
| I | bellow |
| you | bellow |
| he;she;it | bellows |
| we | bellow |
| you | bellow |
| they | bellow |
Perfect
| I | have bellowed |
| you | have bellowed |
| he;she;it | has bellowed |
| we | have bellowed |
| you | have bellowed |
| they | have bellowed |
Past
| I | bellowed |
| you | bellowed |
| he;she;it | bellowed |
| we | bellowed |
| you | bellowed |
| they | bellowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bellowed |
| you | had bellowed |
| he;she;it | had bellowed |
| we | had bellowed |
| you | had bellowed |
| they | had bellowed |
Future
| I | will bellow |
| you | will bellow |
| he;she;it | will bellow |
| we | will bellow |
| you | will bellow |
| they | will bellow |
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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bellow |
| you | bellow |
| he;she;it | bellow |
| we | bellow |
| you | bellow |
| they | bellow |
Perfect
| I | have bellowed |
| you | have bellowed |
| he;she;it | have bellowed |
| we | have bellowed |
| you | have bellowed |
| they | have bellowed |
Imperfect
| I | bellowed |
| you | bellowed |
| he;she;it | bellowed |
| we | bellowed |
| you | bellowed |
| they | bellowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bellowed |
| you | had bellowed |
| he;she;it | had bellowed |
| we | had bellowed |
| you | had bellowed |
| they | had bellowed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bellow |
| you | would bellow |
| he;she;it | would bellow |
| we | would bellow |
| you | would bellow |
| they | would bellow |
Perfect
| I | would have bellowed |
| you | would have bellowed |
| he;she;it | would have bellowed |
| we | would have bellowed |
| you | would have bellowed |
| they | would have bellowed |
Imperative
| you | bellow |
| we | Let's bellow |
| you | bellow |
Verbs conjugated like 'bellow'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bellow'
bellows,
billow,
fellow,
mellow,
yellow,
allow,
ballot,
beblot,
beclaw,
beclog,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
bylgian "to bellow," from PIE base
*bhel- "to sound, roar." Originally of animals, especially cows and bulls, used of human beings since 1602.
2. From Middle English belwen, from Old English belgan, bylgan (“to become angry, to swell with rage”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound, roar”), whence also belg (“leather bag”), bellan (“to roar”), blāwan (“to blow”). Cognate with German bellen (“to bark”), Russian бле́ять (bléjatʹ, “baa, bleat”).
3. Compare billow (“wave”), of the same root, also bulge, with related etymology to swelling. Potentially related to bawl, Swedish böl (“bawl”). See: Middle English '
belwen', Old English '
belgan', German, old spelling '
bellen', Russian '
бле́ять'.
Verbs referencing "bellow"
German, old spelling
bellen, Icelandic
belja, Luxembourgish
billen.
Sample Sentences
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the bellowing voice of boiling seas [1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
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Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years. [2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:]