Belly

Quick meaning: Belly is a noun meaning The abdomen (especially a fat one).

Meaning

The abdomen (especially a fat one).

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

My belly was full of wine.

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

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

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

Word Forms

• bellies
• bellie
• bellying
• bellied

Synonyms for belly

Depending on context, synonyms include abdomen, midriff, stomach, tum, tummy, tum-tum.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include abdomen, paunch, stomach, venter, hungry, chow.

Related Dictionary Tools