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1. (n.) belly
the abdomen or underpart of an animal.
2. belly
the stomach with its adjuncts.
3. belly
appetite or capacity for food; gluttony.
4. belly
the womb; uterus.
5. belly
the interior of something:
a ship's belly.
6. belly
a protuberant surface of something:
the belly of a flask.
7. belly
the fleshy part of a muscle.
8. belly
the front, inner, or under surface or part, as distinguished from the back.
9. belly
the underpart of the fuselage of an airplane.
10. (v.t.) belly
to fill out; swell:
Wind bellied the sails.
11. (v.i.) belly
to swell out:
sails bellying in the wind.
12. belly
Informal.
13. belly
to approach very closely:
bellied up to a bar.
14. belly
go or turn belly up,Informal. to come to an end; die; fail.
Etymology: (bef. 950; ME bely, OE bel(i)g bag, skin, c. OS, OHG balg, ON belgr, Go balgs)
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| Definition of 'belly' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) abdomen, venter, stomach, belly
the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
2. (noun) belly, paunch
a protruding abdomen
3. (noun) belly
a part that bulges deeply
"the belly of a sail"
4. (noun) belly
the hollow inside of something
"in the belly of the ship"
5. (verb) belly
the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish
6. (verb) belly, belly out
swell out or bulge out
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1. (noun) belly
the stomach or the front part of the body
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| Definition of 'belly' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) belly
that part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen
2. (noun) belly
the under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly
3. (noun) belly
the womb
4. (noun) belly
the part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship
5. (noun) belly
the hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back
6. (verb) belly
to cause to swell out; to fill
7. (verb) belly
to swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge
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Sense: the part of the body between the breast and the thighs, containing the bowels
the horse's belly; I've a pain in my belly.
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 Afrikaans: maag |
 Arabic: بَطْن، مَعِدَه |
 Bulgarian: корем |
 Brazilian: barriga |
 Czech: břicho |
 German: der Bauch |
 Danish: mave; vom |
 Greek: κοιλιά |
 Spanish: barriga, vientre |
 Estonian: kõht |
 Farsi: شکم |
 Finnish: vatsa |
 French: ventre |
 Hebrew: בֶּטֶן, כֶּרֶס |
 Hindi: पेट |
 Croatian: trbuh |
 Hungarian: has |
 Indonesian: perut |
 Icelandic: magi; kviður |
 Italian: pancia |
 Japanese: 腹 |
 Korean: 배, 복부 |
 Lithuanian: pilvas |
 Latvian: vēders; kuņģis |
 Malay: perut |
 Dutch: buik |
 Norwegian: mage(region), vom, buk |
 Polish: brzuch |
 Persian: شکم |
 Pashto: نس، خيټه |
 Portuguese: barriga |
 Romanian: burtă |
 Russian: живот, брюхо |
 Slovak: brucho |
 Slovenian: trebuh |
 Serbian: stomak |
 Swedish: buk, mage |
 Thai: ท้อง |
 Turkish: karın |
 Taiwanese: 腹部 |
 Ukrainian: живіт, шлунок |
 Urdu: پیٹ ، توند |
 Vietnamese: bụng; dạ dày |
 Chinese: 腹部 |
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