belly

belly: belly [bel′ē]

n.

pl. bellies [ME beli < OE belg, leather bag, purse, bellows < IE base * bhelĝh-, to swell, bag (< * bhel-, to inflate) > Ir bolg, sack, belly, ON bylgja, billow, Goth balgs, leather bottle]

1. the lower front part of the human body between the chest and thighs; abdomen

2. the underside of an animal's body

3. the abdominal cavity

4. the stomach

5. an appetite for food

6. the deep interior [the belly of a ship]

7. any part, surface, or section that curves outward or bulges, as the swelling part of a sail in the wind, the fleshy middle part of a muscle, or the upper surface of a violin

8. the front part or underside of anything

9. Archaic the womb

vt., vi.

bellied, bellying

to swell out; curve out; bulge

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☆ belly up

Slang to stand or step close as to a counter or railing

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go belly up Slang

1. to die: said as of a fish

2. to fail; often, specif., to become bankrupt

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Synonyms:

Abdomen, paunch / Convexity, swell, swelling, bulge, protuberance / Concavity, hollow, deep, depth or depths, recesses, womb, bosom, bowels, cave, cavernous depths, penetralia, Inflate, swell out, fill, round, round out, Swell, swell out, protrude, be protuberant

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Belly — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Belly — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Belly Información personal Nombre real Ahmad Balshe … Wikipedia Español
Belly — may refer to: *(slang/colloquial) The abdomen, the part of the body between the pelvis and the thorax or, similarly, to the stomach **A beer belly, an overhang of fat above the waist, presumably caused by regular beer ingestion. **Belly dance… … Wikipedia
Belly — Годы 1991 1996 Страна … Википедия
belly up — {v.}, {informal} To go bankrupt, become afunctional; to die. * /Uncompetitive small businesses must eventually all belly up./ … Dictionary of American idioms
belly up — {v.}, {informal} To go bankrupt, become afunctional; to die. * /Uncompetitive small businesses must eventually all belly up./ … Dictionary of American idioms
belly up to — (US sl) To go directly or purposefully towards • • • Main Entry: ↑belly * * * belly up to [phrasal verb] belly up to (someone or something) US, informal : to walk to or toward (someone or something) The men bellied up to the bar. • • • … Useful english dictionary
belly up — el ly up , belly up el ly up , a. [from analogy to the position of a floating dead fish.] defunct; bankrupt; used mostly of commercial organizations; often used in the phrase {go belly up}, i. e. to go bankrupt. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
belly-up — el ly up , belly up el ly up , a. [from analogy to the position of a floating dead fish.] defunct; bankrupt; used mostly of commercial organizations; often used in the phrase {go belly up}, i. e. to go bankrupt. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
belly up — bel‧ly up [ˌbeli ˈʌp] adverb informal FINANCE COMMERCE go belly up if a company goes belly up, it stops trading because it cannot pay its debts … Financial and business terms

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