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bellows

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[ bel-ohz, -uhz ]

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)
  1. a device for producing a strong current of air, consisting of a chamber that can be expanded to draw in air through a valve and contracted to expel it through a tube.
  2. anything resembling or suggesting bellows in form, as the collapsible part of a camera or enlarger.
  3. the lungs.


Bellows

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[ bel-ohz ]

noun

  1. George Wesley, 1882–1925, U.S. painter and lithographer.

bellows

/ ˈ²úÉ›±ôəʊ³ú /

noun

  1. Also calledpair of bellows an instrument consisting of an air chamber with flexible sides or end, a means of compressing it, an inlet valve, and a constricted outlet that is used to create a stream of air, as for producing a draught for a fire or for sounding organ pipes
  2. photog a telescopic light-tight sleeve, connecting the lens system of some cameras to the body of the instrument
  3. a flexible corrugated element used as an expansion joint, pump, or means of transmitting axial motion
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú±ð±ôl´Ç·É²õ·±ô¾±°ì±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bellows1

before 900; Middle English bel(o ) wes (plural), Old English belg, short for blǣst belg, plural belgas blast-bag; cognate with Dutch blaasbalg, German Blasebalg, Old Norse belgr. See belly
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bellows1

C16: from plural of Old English belig belly
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Her rendition of Morrissey’s “Dear God, Please Help Me†hits its climax when Faithfull bellows at full volume, “There are explosive kegs / Between my legs / Dear God, please help me.â€

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Canyons became bellows, fanning flames and driving the smoke to the coast and over the Pacific.

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Terry bellows in the direction of the kitchen.

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Three centuries later, as a criminally convicted former U.S. president bellows “witch hunt†into every available microphone, the madness endures, the cruelty continues.

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“Of course it’s folly!†he bellows, his voice shaking.

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