Definitions for bellied

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bellied bel·lied

Spelling: [bel-eed]

IPA: /ˈbɛl id/

Bellied is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 100 anagrams from letters in bellied (bdeeill).

Definitions for bellied

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:
6. a protuberant or bulging surface of anything:
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.

Idioms

1. go / turn belly up, Informal. to come to an end; die; fail:

adjective

1. having a belly, especially one of a specified kind, size, shape, condition, etc. (usually used in combination):
2. swelled or puffed out:

Verb phrases

1. belly up, Informal. to approach closely, especially until one is in physical contact: to curry favor from:

verb (used with object)

1. to fill out; swell:

verb (used without object)

1. to swell out:
2. to crawl on one's belly:

Origin of bellied

late Middle English word dating back to 1425-75; See origin at belly, -ed³

Examples for bellied

His arms seemed thin, and he had bellied, and was bowed and unsightly.

The fishing-line was laid to dry, the sail was bellied out, and the boat ran swiftly on again before the brisk breeze.

He bellied cautiously inside and was met by a warning snarl from the she-wolf.

A good breeze now bellied the sails, and almost immediately the morning darkness swallowed up the outline of the cabins.

The tent rocked and bellied, bellied and flapped with reverberations like drum-beats.

And then they were in the tilting boat, racing before a wind which bellied the taut mains'l and drummed upon its canvas.

The sail flapped, bellied, flapped again, finally swung over to starboard.

The sailors set the great lateen sails of the felucca, which bellied out like things leaping into life.

The wind was full on their starboard beam, the mainsail and yawl were bellied out, and the boat was driving straight for home.

We'd have butted against your radar and bellied into your control tower.