Bellying
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Bellying is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of belly.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of belly.
More Meanings
- Bulging or billowing.
- A bulging, swelling or billowing shape; the act or state of bulging, swelling or billowing.
Example Sentences
He looked at the stout bellying occupant of the other chair, his mouth open, his snores reverberant.
As he swept out of the room with a bellying sweep of his gown and a toss of his silver hair, his old heart was beating madly.
And the light mounts over the faces of all the tall blind houses, slides through a chink and paints the lustrous bellying crimson curtains […]
The room into which I was ushered, with its leering volutes and hideous bellyings of brown mahogany, intimately reminded me of a Beardsley drawing.
Word Forms
- bellyings
Synonyms for bellying
Depending on context, synonyms include bulge, convexity, gibbosity, protrusion, protuberance, bulbous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bulgy, bulging, protuberant, bulbous, protrusive, upbulging.
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