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Belly

Belly Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Belly?
[n] the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish
[n] a protruding abdomen [n] the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis [n] the hollow inside of something; "in the belly of the ship" [n] a part that bulges deeply; "the belly of a sail" [v] swell out or bulge out Synonyms | Synonyms for Belly: abdomen | belly out | paunch | stomach | venter Related Terms | Find terms related to Belly: abdomen | abomasum | ascender | back | bag | balloon | bastard type | bay window | beard | bed | bedrock | beerbelly | belly out | bevel | bilge | billow | black letter | body | bottom | bottom side | bouge | breadbasket | breech | bug | bulge | buttocks | cap | capital | case | convexity | counter | craw | crop | cylindricality | descender | diaphragm | dilate | distend | downside | em | embonpoint | en | face | fat-faced type | feet | first stomach | font | fundament | gizzard | globosity | globularity | goggle | groove | gullet | gut | hardpan | honeycomb stomach | italic | kishkes | letter | ligature | logotype | lower case | lower side | lowest layer | lowest level | majuscule | manyplies | maw | midriff | minuscule | nether side | nethermost level | nick | omasum | orbicularity | paunch | pi | pica | point | pooch | pop | pot | potbelly | potgut | pouch | pout | print | psalterium | pusgut | rennet bag | reticulum | rock bottom | roman | rotundity | rotundness | round out | roundness | rumen | sans serif | script | second stomach | shank | shoulder | small cap | small capital | spare tire | sphericality | sphericalness | sphericity | spheroidicity | spheroidity | stamp | stem | stomach | substratum | swagbelly | swell | swell out | third stomach | tummy | tum-tum | type | type body | type class | type lice | typecase | typeface | typefounders | typefoundry | underbelly | underlayer | underneath | underside | upper case | venter | ventripotence See Also | abdominal aorta | abdominal cavity | abdominal wall | adipose tissue | arteria colica | bay window | bellybutton | body | body part | bowel | bulge | bump | colic artery | corporation | craniate | excrescence | extrusion | fat | fatty tissue | gibbosity | gibbousness | gut | hump | hypochondrium | inside | interior | intestine | intumesce | jut | navel | omphalos | omphalus | pot | potbelly | prominence | protrusion | protuberance | swell | swell up | torso | trunk | tumefy | tummy | umbilicus | underbelly | underbody | underpart | vertebrate Belly In Webster's Dictionary \Bel"ly\ (b[e^]l"l[y^]), n.; pl. {Bellies} (-l[i^]z). [OE.
bali, bely, AS. belg, b[ae]lg, b[ae]lig, bag, bellows, belly;
akin to Icel. belgr bag, bellows, Sw. b["a]lg, Dan. b[ae]lg,
D. & G. balg, cf. W. bol the paunch or belly, dim. boly, Ir.
bolg. Cf. {Bellows}, {Follicle}, {Fool}, {Bilge}.]
1. That part of the human body which extends downward from
the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or
intestines; the abdomen.
Note: Formerly all the splanchnic or visceral cavities were
called bellies; -- the lower belly being the abdomen;
the middle belly, the thorax; and the upper belly, the
head. --Dunglison.
2. The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to
the human belly.
Underneath the belly of their steeds. --Shak.
3. The womb. [Obs.]
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee.
--Jer. i. 5.
4. 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.
Out of the belly of hell cried I. --Jonah ii. 2.
5. (Arch.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the
convex part of which is the back.
{Belly doublet}, a doublet of the 16th century, hanging down
so as to cover the belly. --Shak.
{Belly fretting}, the chafing of a horse's belly with a
girth. --Johnson.
{Belly timber}, food. [Ludicrous] --Prior.
{Belly worm}, a worm that breeds or lives in the belly
(stomach or intestines). --Johnson.
\Bel"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bellied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bellying}.] To cause to swell out; to fill. [R.] Your breath of full consent bellied his sails. --Shak. \Bel"ly\, v. i. To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge. The bellying canvas strutted with the gale. --Dryden. |
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