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   Bel·ly

   /ˈbelē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the front part of the human trunk below the ribs, containing the stomach and bowels.
   • ▪ the stomach, especially as representing the body's need for food: "they'll fight all the better on empty bellies" Similar stomachabdomenpaunchmiddlemidriffgirthinformal:tummytumgutgutsinsidespotbread basketpot bellybeer bellybeer gutspare tiremiddle-aged spreadkytebay windowbingydated, humorous:corporation
   • ▪ the underside of a bird or other animal.
   • ▪ a cut of pork from the underside between the legs.
   • ▪ a pig's belly as food, especially as a traded commodity.
   • ▪ the rounded underside of a ship or aircraft. Similar undercarriageunderbellyundersideundersurfaceunderneathunderpartlower sidebottom
   • ▪ the top surface of an instrument of the violin family, across which the strings are placed.

   verb

   • 1. swell or cause to swell: "as she leaned forward her sweater bellied out"
   • 2. move or sit close to (a bar or table): informal North American "regulars who first bellied up to the bar years before"

   Word Origin Old Englishbelig ‘bag’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘swell, be inflated’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bellied adjective

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