belly

Plural: 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 belly of a sail"
• the hollow inside of something
  • "in the belly of the ship"
• the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish
• The abdomen (especially a fat one).
• stomach (an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion)
• uterus (a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth)
• The lower fuselage of an airplane.
• The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part).
• The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part).
• The main curved portion of a knife blade.
• The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part).
• The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.

Verb

Verb Forms: bellied, bellying, bellies

• To swell out or bulge.
• swell out or bulge out
• To position one’s belly; to move on one’s belly.
• To swell and become protuberant; to bulge or billow.
• To cause to swell out; to fill.

Examples

• My belly was full of wine.
• My rack will often belly with vowels just when I need a consonant.
• the belly of a flask, muscle, violin, sail, or ship
• You've grown a belly over Christmas! Time to join the gym again.

Synonyms

abdomen, belly out, paunch, stomach, venter, belly, matrix, metra, midriff, tum, tum-tum, tummy, uterus, ventrum, womb

Related Words

abdomen, bouk, have eyes bigger than one's belly, midriff, stomach, tummy

Anagrams of belly