bellows

noun · verbB1

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noun

Plural noun:

bellows

1.
A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.
When wood fires were common, so were bellows for helping start them.
2.
Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
3.
(archaic, informal)(informal or archaic) The lungs.
4.
(photography) Flexible, light-tight enclosures connecting the lensboard and the camera back.
5.
(figuratively)(figurative) That which fans the fire of hatred, jealousy, etc.
6.
(form of, plural)plural of bellow

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verb

V_es/s

bellowses

V_ing/Gerund

bellowsing

V_ed/pp

bellowsed

1.
(intransitive, transitive)To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
2.
(figuratively, intransitive)To expand and contract like a bellows.
3.
(transitive)To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.
4.
(form of, indicative, present, singular, third person)third-person singular simple present indicative of bellow

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From Middle English belwes, plural of belu, belwe, a northern form of beli, from Old English bæliġ, northern form of bielġ, from Proto-Germanic *balgiz. Compare Balg. See also belly.