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belly
[ bel-ee ]
noun
- the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
- the stomach with its adjuncts.
- appetite or capacity for food; gluttony.
- the womb.
- the inside or interior of anything:
the belly of a ship.
- a protuberant or bulging surface of anything:
the belly of a flask.
- Anatomy. the fleshy part of a muscle.
- the front, inner, or under surface or part, as distinguished from the back.
- the front surface of a violin or similar instrument.
- a bulge on a vertical surface of fresh concrete.
- the underpart of the fuselage of an airplane.
verb (used with object)
- to fill out; swell:
Wind bellied the sails.
verb (used without object)
- to swell out:
Sails bellying in the wind.
- to crawl on one's belly:
soldiers bellying through a rice paddy.
verb phrase
- Informal.
- to approach closely, especially until one is in physical contact:
to belly up to a bar.
- to curry favor from:
Would you have gotten the promotion if you hadn't bellied up to the boss?
belly
/ ˈ²úÉ›±ôɪ /
noun
- the lower or front part of the body of a vertebrate, containing the intestines and other abdominal organs; abdomen ventral
- the stomach, esp when regarded as the seat of gluttony
- a part, line, or structure that bulges deeply
the belly of a sail
- the inside or interior cavity of something
the belly of a ship
- the front or inner part or underside of something
- the surface of a stringed musical instrument over which the strings are stretched
- the thick central part of certain muscles
- the wool from a sheep's belly
- tanning the portion of a hide or skin on the underpart of an animal
- archery the surface of the bow next to the bowstring
- archaic.the womb
- go belly up informal.to die, fail, or come to an end
verb
- to swell out or cause to swell out; bulge
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of belly1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of belly1
Idioms and Phrases
- go / turn belly up, Informal. to come to an end; die; fail:
After years of barely surviving on donations, the neighborhood social club finally went belly up.
More idioms and phrases containing belly
see go belly up .Example Sentences
It’s finding the absurdity within it and then getting big belly laughs once you’ve zoned in on your angle.
Sobbing from the belly and feeling like some sort of tragic figure, I doubled over in laughter and now I couldn’t tell the difference between the two.
“The steering wheel was at my belly and my legs were jammed under me,†Thurman says.
“Next chapter, motherhood,†the 2012 Miss Universe wrote on social media, captioning two photos of herself sitting and cradling her growing belly in a flowing white gown.
I baptized my pregnant belly in the Arroyo waters.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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