Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - belly
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Belly
belly
~1 n 1 »PERSON« a) your stomach (a full belly) b) BrE the part of your body between your chest and your legs; abdomen (1) (She lay on her belly in the long grass.) 2 »ANIMAL« the underneath of an animal's body 3 »OBJECT« a curved or rounded part of an object (the belly of a plane) (- see also potbelly) ~2 v belly out phr v T belly something out) to swell or become full, or to make something do this (The sails bellied out in the wind.)
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(bellies) 1. The belly of a person or animal is their stomach or abdomen. In British English, this is an informal or literary use. She laid her hands on her swollen belly... You’ll eat so much your belly’ll be like a barrel. = stomach, tummy N-COUNT: with poss see also beer belly, pot belly 2. If a company goes belly up, it does not have enough money to pay its debts. (INFORMAL) I really can’t afford to see this company go belly up. = go bust PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun (plural bellies) Etymology: Middle English bely bellows, ~, from Old English belg bag, skin; akin to Old High German balg bag, skin, Old English blawan to blow — more at blow Date: before 12th century 1. a. abdomen 1; also pot~ 1 b. the stomach and its adjuncts c. the undersurface of an animal's body; also hide from this part d. womb, uterus 2. an internal cavity ; interior 3. appetite for food 4. a surface or object curved or rounded like a human ~ 5. a. the enlarged fleshy body of a muscle b. the part of a sail that swells out when filled with wind 6. gut 1a(2) II. verb (bellied; ~ing) Date: 1606 transitive verb to cause to swell or fill out wind ~ing the sails intransitive verb 1. swell, fill 2. a. to slide or crawl on one's ~ b. ~-land ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 the part of the human body below the chest, containing the stomach and bowels. 2 the stomach, esp. representing the body's need for food. 3 the front of the body from the waist to the groin. 4 the underside of a four-legged animal. 5 a a cavity or bulging part of anything. b the surface of an instrument of the violin family, across which the strings are placed. --v.tr. & intr. (-ies, -ied) (often foll. by out) swell or cause to swell; bulge. Phrases and idioms belly button colloq. the navel. belly-dance an oriental dance performed by a woman, involving voluptuous movements of the belly. belly-dancer a woman who performs belly-dances, esp. professionally. belly-dancing the performance of belly-dances. belly-landing a crash-landing of an aircraft on the underside of the fuselage, without lowering the undercarriage. belly-laugh a loud unrestrained laugh. Etymology: OE belig (orig. = bag) f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) распар (доменной печи) 2) вогнутость (дна калибра) 3) нижняя пластина (мотни трала); фартук (трала) 4) выступ (трикотажной платины) - possum belly ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. живот, брюхо, пузо the lower belly —- нижняя часть живота belly landing —- ав. посадка на "брюхо", посадка с убранным шасси belly crawl —- воен. переползание по-пластунски to crawl on one's belly —- ползти на животе; ползать на брюхе, пресмыкаться 2. сл. брюхо, желудок with an empty belly —- голодный on an empty belly —- натощак to have a full belly —- быть сытым, наесться досыта 3. аппетит a coward doesn't have much of a belly for fighting —- у труса нет особого вкуса к борьбе 4. анат. брюшко насекомого и т. п. belly of muscle —- брюшко мышцы 5. первый желудок у жвачных 6. книж. чрево, утроба Jonah in the belly of the fish —- библ. Иона во чреве китовом the belly of hell —- преисподняя, ад 7. уст. чрево матери 8. геол. утолщение пласта 9. геол. колоколообразное включение минерала в жиле 10. верхняя дека струнного инструмента 11. мор. пузо паруса Id: to be given to one's belly —- предаваться чревоугодию Id: the belly has no ears —- соловья баснями не кормят Id: the belly is not filled with fair words —- словами сыт не будешь Id: what is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly —- посл. худо нажитое впрок нейдет 12. надуваться, пучиться; вспучиваться; раздуваться 13. наполняться ветром (о парусах) 14. надувать, раздувать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) живот, брюхо 2) желудок 3) верхняя дека струнного инструмента 4) geol. утолщение пласта 5) naut. пузо паруса the belly has no ears, hungry bellies have no ears prov. - соловья баснями не кормят when the belly is full, the bones would be at rest prov. - по сытому брюху хоть обухом Syn: see stomach 2. v. надувать(ся) (обыкн. belly out) sails belly out - паруса наполнены ветром BELLY laugh noun хохот ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. belg, bylg (W.Saxon), bжlg (Anglian) "leather bag, purse, bellows," from P.Gmc. *balgiz "bag," from PIE base *bhelgh- "to swell, bag," from *bhel- "to inflate." Meaning shifted to "body" 13c., to "abdomen" 14c. Meaning "bulging part or concave surface of anything" is 16c.; the verb "to swell out" is from 1624. The W.Gmc. root had an extended sense of "anger, arrogance" (cf. O.E. bolgenmod "enraged;" belgan (v.) "to become angry"). Belly-button for "navel" is from 1870s. Bellyache (v.) in the slang sense of "complain" is first recorded 1880s. BELONG - 1340, from be- intensive prefix, + O.E. langian "pertain to, to go along with," thus, "to be the property of." Replaced earlier O.E. gelang, with completive prefix ge-. Belongings "goods, effects," is first recorded 1817. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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