bell
/bɛl/ verb C2- To attach a bell to. · Who will bell the cat?
- To shape so that it flares out like a bell. · to bell a tube
- To telephone.
- To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom. · Hops bell.
- To ring a bell.
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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