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belly in English
- belly⇄belly, noun, pl.-lies,verb, -lied,-lying.
- belly⇄expr. belly in, to bellyland.
Ex. With a dead radio, wing flaps and wheels stuck and the air-speed indicator out ... there was nothing to do but belly in (Time). - belly⇄expr. belly up to, (Especially U.S. Slang.) to move straight toward (something); go directly to.
Ex. They bellied up to a bar at the seaman's Cultural Center, the social hub of the city (San Francisco Chronicle). - belly⇄noun 1. the lower part of the human body, which contains the stomach and intestines; abdomen.
Ex. The scout crept along the ground on his belly.
2. the under part of an animal's body.
Ex. The tramp kicked the dog in the belly.
3 - belly⇄v.i. 1. to swell out; bulge.
Ex. The ship's sails bellied in the wind.
2. to move on one's belly; crawl.
Ex. For the weary battalions of Marines bellying through the chunks of rubble, progress was slow and costly in lives (Time). - belly⇄v.t. to cause to swell out.
Ex. But could see the fair west wind belly the homeward sail (James Russell Lowell).