bell
/bɛl/ verb C2- To bellow or roar.
- To utter in a loud manner; to thunder forth.
He/she/it bells · Past belled · Past participle belled · -ing form belling
Verb forms
- Base form
- bell
- He/she/it
- bells
- Past
- belled
- Past participle
- belled
- -ing form
- belling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Make yourself perfectly at home,” said the green girl, “and if you wish for anything ring the bell.
There was a bell beside the gate, and Dorothy pushed the button and heard a silvery tinkle sound within.
Andrew Bell’s big woods.
His master suspended a bell about his neck so that the Dog might give notice of his presence wherever he went.
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