belly

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English [edit]

The belly of a pregnant woman.

Etymology [edit]

From Old English bælġ.

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belly (plural bellies)

  1. The abdomen.
  2. The stomach, especially a fat one.
  3. The lower fuselage of an airplane.
    • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 454:
      There was no heat, and we shivered in the belly of the plane.

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Verb [edit]

belly (third-person singular simple present bellies, present participle bellying, simple past and past participle bellied)

  1. To position one's belly.
  2. (intransitive) To swell and become protuberant; to bulge.
    • Dryden
      The bellying canvas strutted with the gale.
  3. (transitive) To cause to swell out; to fill.
    • Shakespeare
      Your breath of full consent bellied his sails.

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