bellies

Noun

• the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
• a protruding abdomen
• a part that bulges deeply
• the hollow inside of something
• the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish
• plural of belly

Verb

Verb Forms: belly, bellied, bellying, bellies

• Bulges out or moves on one's belly.
• Third-person singular present tense of BELLY; to swell out.
• swell out or bulge out
• third-person singular simple present indicative of belly

Examples

• My vocabulary bellies up when I’m under pressure to find a winning play.
• The long word bellies across the board, covering a vast area of scoring potential.

Synonyms

abdomen, belly, belly out, paunch, stomach, venter