belly
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- noun
- /ˈbɛli/
:
barriga
- Spoiled dogs, sleeping belly-up.
- a pot belly
- full belly
- swollen belly
OK, now let's take the second fat depot belly fat, visceral fat.
- OK, now let's take the second fat depot belly fat, visceral fat.
- May warmth radiate our bellies, bringing prosperity to all.
- Exhale, squeezing the lower belly, the core.
- And so there's some range between a smile and belly laughter, but just smiling.
- Gypsy and Elton are my belly rub licky dogs.
- OK, this is the belly and this is the belly button.
- Hearts full of terror, bellies empty of Ibiza pie.
- And I don't mean just breathe, I mean breathe from like your belly, like breathe.
- So getting those last few pounds off the belly, maybe try to put some muscle on.
- No excess flesh, a flat belly, small behind a smaller bosom.
- Could gut bacteria cause belly fat to expand?
- Some people get a belly, some people's breasts grow.
- Get your ears, your face God trim your belly boy get well homie.
Examples
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So it put a fire in my in my belly to just like prove them wrong.
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You've always had a roof over your head, food in your belly.
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You think my belly is less empty than your own?
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Keep your shoulders back, keep your belly tight, rest through.
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Waking Friday morning, he pounded his belly with his hand; it answered him like a drum.
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Her dress is blue plain stuff, her belly swells against the white apron at her waist.
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The belly is softer.
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The girl tried not to stare at their distended bellies, swollen and tight as wineskins.
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He rested his hands on his belly after finishing the large meal.
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The cat lay on its back, exposing its soft belly to the warm sun.
Synonyms
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The area of the body between the chest and the hips, the belly
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The part of the body between the chest and hips that contains the stomach and intestines
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The stomach or belly, often the round front part of the body where food goes after you eat
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The middle part of the body between the chest and the waist
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The part of the body where food goes after you eat, often used by children
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The lower side of an animal, plant, or body part
Soft lower part of an animal's belly that is less protected
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Compounds
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A fatty cut of pork from the pig's belly that people cook, for example to make bacon
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A dance from the Middle East where a dancer moves the hips and stomach in soft flowing movements
A woman who moves her stomach and hips in a colorful foreign dance to entertain people
How Big
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Belly comes from a very old word belg that meant 'bag'. So the body's belly was thought of as a soft 'bag' or pouch in the middle, which is why the word names the stomach or abdomen.