belly

belly
n
1. abdomen, stomach, Inf. tummy, gut, Sl. breadbasket, Scot, and North Eng. wame; paunch, potbelly, Inf. bay window, Inf. corporation, Sl. pot, Sl. beer belly, Sl. spare tire, Obs. gorbelly; colonic cavity, intestinal cavity, visceral cavity, Anat., Zool. venter, ventral region, ventricle, ventricular cavity, Anat. epigastrium; pouch, (of birds) gizzard, (of birds) crop, craw, maw, ingluvies, (of birds) proventriculus, (both of ruminating animals) first stomach, rumen; intestines, bowels, colons, (of swine) chitterlings; innards, inwards, insides, vitals, viscera, (of animals) entrails, Inf. gizzard, Sl. guts.
2. appetite, appetence, appetency, hunger, thirst, craving, gluttony, Pathol. bulimia; relish, gusto, zest, eagerness; hankering, yearning, longing; lust, Sl. letch.
3. womb, uterus; hold, cavity, vault; interior, recess, recesses, penetralia; depth, depths, gulf, chasm, abyss.
4. underside, underpart, underbelly.
v
5. swell, swell up, swell out, bag, Brit. Dial. plim; balloon, balloon up, balloon out, balloon forth; inflate, expand, puff up, puff out; fill out, bulk, distend, enlarge, bloat

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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 — [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… …   English World dictionary

  • 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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