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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.
EXPANDthe 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.
COLLAPSEthe underpart of the fuselage of an airplane.
verb (used with object)
12.
to fill out; swell: Wind bellied the sails.
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Go belly up
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
verb (used without object)
Verb phrase13.
to swell out: Sails bellying in the wind.
14.
to crawl on one's belly: soldiers bellying through a rice paddy.
15.
Idiombelly up, Informal.
a.
to approach closely, especially 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?
16.
go/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:
before 950; Middle English bely, Old English belig, belg bag, skin; cognate with German Balg, Gothic balgs, Old Norse belgr sack; akin to Welsh bol(a), boly, Irish bolg sack, belly, bellows, Serbo-Croatian blàzina, Latvian pabàlsts, Avestan barəziš-, Persian bālish cushion
before 950; Middle English bely, Old English belig, belg bag, skin; cognate with German Balg, Gothic balgs, Old Norse belgr sack; akin to Welsh bol(a), boly, Irish bolg sack, belly, bellows, Serbo-Croatian blàzina, Latvian pabàlsts, Avestan barəziš-, Persian bālish cushion
Related forms
bel·ly·like, adjective
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