Meaning

The abdomen (especially a fat one)..

Definitions by Sense

1. The abdomen (especially a fat one).
2. stomach (an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion)
3. (anatomy, countable) uterus (a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth)
4. The lower fuselage of an airplane.
5. The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part).
6. To position one’s belly; to move on one’s belly.
7. (intransitive) To swell and become protuberant; to bulge or billow.
8. (transitive) To cause to swell out; to fill.

Example Sentences

You've grown a belly over Christmas! Time to join the gym again.

My belly was full of wine.

Before I formed thee in the bellie, I knew thee; […]

There was no heat, and we shivered in the belly of the plane.

the belly of a flask, muscle, violin, sail, or ship

[…] I cried by reason of mine affliction vnto the Lord, and hee heard mee; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voyce.

At last I got my knife and cut the halyards. The peak dropped instantly, a great belly of loose canvas floated broad upon the water […]

Bellying forward to the edge of the clearing, he found Hans, lying on his face, feathered with arrows like a porcupine.

Word Forms

• bellies
• bellie
• bellying
• bellied

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When Should You Use Belly?

Use belly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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