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Belly

noun

(pl. bellies)

The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis. Synonyms: abdomen, stomach, venter.

A protruding abdomen. Synonym: paunch.

A part that bulges deeply.

The hollow inside of something.

The underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish.

verb

(past & past part. bellied; pres. part. bellying)

Swell out or bulge out. Synonym: belly out.

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"Belly" Quotes from Famous Books

... self-sufficiency and security. That would not have spoilt the pleasure of those brisk boys, but would have given them something wholesome to take away and think about, like the prophet's roll that was sweet in the mouth and bitter in the belly. ...

— At Large • Arthur Christopher Benson

... long, long way, and there met him a Wolf, which was so famished that it lay and crawled along the road on its belly. ...

— Popular Tales from the Norse • Sir George Webbe Dasent

... sides, variegated with a row of oval dark brown spots lying transversely on the back from the neck to the tail, and two other rows of circular spots of the same color on the sides along the edge of the scuta; there are one hundred and seventy-six scuta on the belly, ...

— First Across the Continent • Noah Brooks

... by taking your hat off and side-stepping for a Packard? If you're so all-fired strong for remembering, why don't you try to remember how it feels to stand on two feet like a man instead of crawling on your belly like ...

— Man to Man • Jackson Gregory

... its right hip. Confining these straps to the body and also apparently supporting the loin cloth was a broad girdle which glittered in the moonlight as though encrusted with virgin gold, and was clasped in the center of the belly with a huge buckle of ornate design that scintillated as with ...

— Tarzan the Terrible • Edgar Rice Burroughs

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