What part of speech is bellowing?

Bellowing can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. bellowing is a verb, gerund of bellow (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does bellowing mean?

Definitions

Verb

bellow - make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed"
bellow - shout loudly and without restraint

Noun

bellowing - a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway"

Examples of bellowing

#   Sentence  
1. verb Two he-goats, belonging to his herd, were jealous of one another, and at last engaged in fight, butting at each other so violently that one of them had a horn broken, and ran away in great pain, bellowing loudly.
2. verb A bull, stimulated either by the scarlet colour of Miss Ashton's mantle, or by one of those fits of capricious ferocity to which their dispositions are liable, detached himself suddenly from the group which was feeding at the upper extremity of a grassy glade, that seemed to lose itself among the crossing and entangled boughs. The animal approached the intruders on his pasture ground, at first slowly, pawing the ground with his hoof, bellowing from time to time, and tearing up the sand with his horns, as if to lash himself up to rage and violence.
3. verb The giant refrigerator was bellowing cold air into the room.
4. noun His bellow filled the hallway.
Sentence  
verb
Two he-goats, belonging to his herd, were jealous of one another, and at last engaged in fight, butting at each other so violently that one of them had a horn broken, and ran away in great pain, bellowing loudly.
A bull, stimulated either by the scarlet colour of Miss Ashton's mantle, or by one of those fits of capricious ferocity to which their dispositions are liable, detached himself suddenly from the group which was feeding at the upper extremity of a grassy glade, that seemed to lose itself among the crossing and entangled boughs. The animal approached the intruders on his pasture ground, at first slowly, pawing the ground with his hoof, bellowing from time to time, and tearing up the sand with his horns, as if to lash himself up to rage and violence.
The giant refrigerator was bellowing cold air into the room.
noun
His bellow filled the hallway.

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