From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bellow \Bel"low\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bellowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bellowing}.] [OE. belwen, belowen, AS. bylgean, fr. bellan; akin to G. bellen, and perh. to L. flere to weep, OSlav. bleja to bleat, Lith. balsas voice. Cf. {Bell}, noun & v., {Bawl}, {Bull}.]
1. To make a hollow, loud noise, as an enraged bull.
2. To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor. --Dryden.
3. To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound.
The bellowing voice of boiling seas. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" [syn: {bellow}, {holla}, {holler}, {hollering}, {hollo}, {holloa}, {roar}, {roaring}, {yowl}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "bellowing": abandoned, amok, berserk, carried away, delirious, demoniac, distracted, ecstatic, enraptured, feral, ferocious, fierce, frantic, frenzied, fulminating, furious, haggard, hog-wild, howling, hysterical, in a transport, in hysterics, intoxicated, mad, madding, maniac, orgasmic, orgiastic, possessed, rabid, raging, ramping, ranting, raving, ravished, roaring, running mad, storming, transported, uncontrollable, violent, wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking
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