belly

(noun, verb)

noun

1. the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

Similar word(s): abdomen, stomach, venter

Definition categories: body

2. a protruding abdomen

Similar word(s): paunch

Definition categories: body, fat

3. a part that bulges deeply

- the belly of a sail

Definition categories: shape, bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling

4. the hollow inside of something

- in the belly of the ship

Definition categories: location, inside, interior

5. the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish

Definition categories: animal, underpart

Sentences with belly as a noun:

- the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, or ship

verb

1. swell out or bulge out

Definition categories: change, intumesce, swell, tumefy, tumesce