belly
belly [belly bellies bellied bellying] noun, verb BrE [ˈbeli] NAmE [ˈbeli]
noun (pl. bellies)
1. the part of the body below the chest
Syn: ↑stomach, Syn: ↑gut
•They crawled along on their bellies.
see also ↑beer belly, ↑pot belly
2. (literary)the round or curved part of an object
•the belly of a ship
3. -bellied (in adjectives)having the type of belly mentioned
•swollen-bellied
•round-bellied
Word Origin:
Old English belig ‘bag’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘swell, be inflated’.
Example Bank:
•He's so fat, his belly hangs over his trousers.
•I filled my belly with a sausage sandwich.
•Kayla lifted up her shirt to expose her round belly.
•She felt the child in her belly kick.
•Since he turned 30 he's started to develop a pot belly.
•an ugly man with a red face and a beer belly
Idiom: ↑go belly up
verb (bel·lies, belly·ing, bel·lied, bel·lied)intransitive ~ (out) (especially of sails)
to fill with air and become rounder
•The sails bellied out in the wind.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English belig ‘bag’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘swell, be inflated’.
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