Thesaurus: belly

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1. n. That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.
2. n. The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly.
3. n. The womb.
4. n. The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship.
5. n. The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.
6. v. t. To cause to swell out; to fill.
7. v. i. To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.
8. n. the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
9. n. a protruding abdomen
10. n. a part that bulges deeply
11. n. the hollow inside of something
12. n. the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish