bellows

1. (intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.Examples: "[…] 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."; "So bellowsed, all the kindled soul of Hugh Became a still white hell of brooding ire, And through his veins regenerating fire Ran, driving out the lethargy of pain."; "The smiths of the heavens are mending the weather; Their hammers are beating the fragments together. The cumulus mountains with nebulous gorges Are dazzled with flame of the wind-bellowsed forges;"intransitivetransitive

2. (intransitive, figuratively) To expand and contract like a bellows.Examples: "[…] [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."; "The pony still lay on his side and the wound in his throat bellowsed in and out."; "A sick-looking dog sat in the middle of the road, head down, sides bellowsing, white foam dripping from its muzzle to the heat-shimmering pavement."figurativelyintransitive

3. (transitive) To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.Examples: "Without being tight […] the boot leg should fit close. The ankle should be supple as a stocking, and “bellowsed” to make sure of suppleness."; "[…] the chairman of the gathered scholars […] [shushed] the black waiters preparing to feed us a hefty lunch behind the bellowsed dividing wall with the impatient yell, “You’re disturbing our meeting,” while we discussed their plight on our side of the wall."; "[The bus] rolled swiftly down the hill and bellowsed five parked cars […]"transitive