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(intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows. / (intransitive, figuratively) To expand and contract like a bellows.

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bellows

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Source Word

bellows

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈbɛl.oʊz/

Verb

intransitive transitive figuratively

Japanese Meaning

ふいごを操作する、ふいごを使って空気を送る / ふいごのように膨らんだりへこんだりする（比喩的に）

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At the smithy, the apprentice bellows the forge steadily while the blacksmith shapes the blade.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

鍛冶場で、見習いは鍛冶師が刃を形作っている間、炉に空気を送るためにふいごをあおぎ続けている。

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(intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.

[…] I was recommended to the place as a man who could give another man as good as he brought, and I took it. It’s easier than bellowsing and hammering.

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(intransitive, figuratively) To expand and contract like a bellows.

[…] [the dogs] sprang up, and, with a grand spraying of the crisp snow as they fleetly clambered up the steep side, they were with us in an incredibly short time, with pink tongues protruding, sides bellowsing, and sterns wagging.

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