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bel⋅lied

  [bel-eed]
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–adjective
1. having a belly, esp. one of a specified kind, size, shape, condition, etc. (usually used in combination): big-bellied.
2. swelled or puffed out: a bellied sail.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME; see belly, -ed 3

bel⋅ly

  [bel-ee] noun, plural -lies, verb, -lied, -ly⋅ing.
–noun
1. the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
2. the stomach with its adjuncts.
3. appetite or capacity for food; gluttony.
4. the womb.
5. the inside or interior of anything: the belly of a ship.
6. a protuberant or bulging surface of anything: the belly of a flask.
7. Anatomy. the fleshy part of a muscle.
8. the front, inner, or under surface or part, as distinguished from the back.
9. the front surface of a violin or similar instrument.
10. a bulge on a vertical surface of fresh concrete.
11. the underpart of the fuselage of an airplane.
–verb (used with object)
12. to fill out; swell: Wind bellied the sails.
–verb (used without object)
13. to swell out: Sails bellying in the wind.
14. to crawl on one's belly: soldiers bellying through a rice paddy.
—Verb phrase
15. belly up, Informal.
a. to approach closely, esp. until one is in physical contact: to belly up to a bar.
b. to curry favor from: Would you have gotten the promotion if you hadn't bellied up to the boss?
—Idiom
16. go or turn belly up, Informal. to come to an end; die; fail: After years of barely surviving on donations, the neighborhood social club finally went belly up.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME bely, OE belig, belg bag, skin; c. G Balg, Goth balgs, ON belgr sack; akin to Welsh bol(a), boly, Ir bolg sack, belly, bellows, Serbo-Croatian blàzina, Latvian pabàlsts, Avestan barəziš-, Pers bālish cushion

Related forms:
bel⋅ly⋅like, adjective
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bel·ly   (běl'ē)   
n.   pl. bel·lies
  1. See abdomen.
  2. The underside of the body of certain vertebrates, such as snakes and fish.
  3. Informal
    1. The stomach.
    2. An appetite for food.
    3. A part that bulges or protrudes: the belly of a sail.
    4. Anatomy The bulging, central part of a muscle.
  4. The womb; the uterus.
    1. A part that bulges or protrudes: the belly of a sail.
    2. Anatomy The bulging, central part of a muscle.
  6. A deep, hollow interior: the belly of a ship.
intr. & tr.v.   bel·lied, bel·ly·ing, bel·lies
To bulge or cause to bulge. See Synonyms at bulge.
Phrasal Verb(s):
belly upTo approach closely: belly up to the bar.

[Middle English beli, from Old English belg, bag; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Bellied

Bel"lied\, a. Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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