belly
/ˈbɛli/
- Noun
- a person's stomach or the part of the body that contains the stomach
- My belly was full.
- He got down on his belly to crawl.
- They slid down the snowy hill on their bellies.
- a kick in the belly [=abdomen]
- the part of an animal's body that is like a person's belly
- a horse's belly
- a gray squirrel with a white belly
- a curved or rounded surface or part
- the belly of an airplane
- the belly of a ship/violin
- Verb
- to cause (something, such as a sail) to curve or bulge outward
- The wind bellied (out) the sails of the ship.
- The sails of the ship bellied [=bulged] out in the wind.
- to walk to or toward (someone or something)
- The men bellied up to the bar.