Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The underside of the body of certain vertebrates, such as snakes and fish.
- noun The stomach.
- noun An appetite for food.
- noun The womb; the uterus.
- noun A part that bulges or protrudes.
- noun Anatomy The bulging, central part of a muscle.
- noun A deep or central interior space.
- intransitive & transitive verb To bulge or cause to bulge. synonym: bulge.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fill; swell out.
- To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; bulge out.
- noun That part of the human body which extends from the breast to the groin, and contains the bowels: the part of the trunk between the diaphragm and the pelvis, considered as to its front and side walls and its cavity and contents; the abdomen. See cut under
abdomen . - noun The part of any animal which corresponds to the human belly; the abdomen in general.
- noun The stomach with its adjuncts: as, a hungry belly.
- noun The womb.
- noun The fleshy part of a muscle, as distinguished from its tendinous portion: as, the anterior belly of the digastricus muscle.
- noun The hollow or interior of an inclosed place.
- noun The part of anything which resembles the belly in protuberance or cavity, as of a bottle, a tool, a sail filled by the wind, a blast-furnace, etc.
- noun In technology, the inner, lower, or front surface or edge of anything.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.
- transitive verb rare To cause to swell out; to fill.
- noun That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.
- noun The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly.
- noun obsolete The womb.
- noun The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part.
- noun (Arch.) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.
- noun a doublet of the 16th century, hanging down so as to cover the belly.
- noun the chafing of a horse's belly with a girth.
- noun [Ludicrous] food.
- noun a worm that breeds or lives in the belly (stomach or intestines).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
abdomen . - noun The
stomach , especially a fat one. - noun The lower
fuselage of anairplane . - verb To position one's belly.
- verb To
swell and becomeprotuberant ; tobulge .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a part that bulges deeply
- verb swell out or bulge out
- noun a protruding abdomen
- noun the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
- noun the hollow inside of something
- noun the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I still remember the horror on his face as he realized what was going to happen: Instead of landing feet-first, he was going to land flat on his face, in what we called a belly-buster, aka belly flop.
Arc of the Diver Steve Perry 2007
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The term belly-dance is a creation of Orientalism, and is first attested in English in 1899, translating French danse du ventre Native to North Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, belly dancing is based on one of the oldest social dances in world history.
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The term belly-dance is a creation of Orientalism, and is first attested in English in 1899, translating French danse du ventre.
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The term belly-dance is a creation of Orientalism, and is first attested in English in 1899, translating French danse du ventre Native to North Africa,
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Fire in the belly is a funny thing: You wouldn't think to look at her that Lisa Madigan has it.
Rebecca Sive: In the End, Tom Dart Didn't Have It in Him Rebecca Sive 2010
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Letting Daddy rub your belly is a great way for him to feel close to the pregnancy.
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Fire in the belly is a funny thing: You wouldn't think to look at him that Mayor Daley had it.
Rebecca Sive: In the End, Tom Dart Didn't Have It in Him Rebecca Sive 2010
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Fire in the belly is a funny thing: You wouldn't think to look at her that Lisa Madigan has it.
Rebecca Sive: In the End, Tom Dart Didn't Have It in Him Rebecca Sive 2010
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Fire in the belly is a funny thing: You wouldn't think to look at him that Mayor Daley had it.
Rebecca Sive: In the End, Tom Dart Didn't Have It in Him Rebecca Sive 2010
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When that happens, we constantly lock in not just fat but what I call belly fat.
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