| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb Present Tense | 1. Present tense conjugation of the verb belly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (belly) | 1. Swell out or bulge out.[Wordnet]. 2. To cause to swell out; to fill.[Websters]. 3. To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: bellying, bellied, bellies, bellier, belliers, bellyingly and belliedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "BELLIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BELLIES
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Mining | Widenings in a vein. See also: belly. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: belly
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Beer belly | A beer belly or beer gut is a physical human trait characterised by a horizontal overhang of fat above the waist, with little apparent fat on the rest of the body. Although it is not solely caused by the consumption of beer, it is a contributing factor. The beer belly is usually associated with men (women tend to store excess fat in other areas such as the hips and buttocks). A lack of muscle tone in the abdominal muscles contributes to the appearance of the beer belly, with the overhang often increasing with age. (references) | ||
| Belly button | A scar where the umbilical cord was attached. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Belly button Dollar | A Belly button Dollar is a variety of 1884 silver dollar that has a depression on the eagle's lower abdomen, forming what appears to be a belly button. These silver dollars were caused by a flawed die. (references) | ||
| Belly dance | 1: Perform a belly dance. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| 2: A Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Belly dance | Belly dance is a Western name coined for a style of dance developed in the Middle East and other Arabic-influenced areas. In the Arabic language it is known as Raqs Sharqi and in Turkish as Oryantal dansı, which is translated as "Dance of the East". For Europeans, this translation sounded like a perfect fit, hence it was also known as "Oriental dance", "danse Oriental", "Exotic oriental dance", "Oriental belly dance" and the like. The term "Raqs Sharqi" is claimed to be originated in Egypt. The name suggested an exotic dance originated elsewhere - and so it had a higher status than the local dance. (references) | ||
| Belly dancer | A woman who performs a solo belly dance. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Belly dancing | A Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Belly doublet | A doublet of the 16th century, hanging down so as to cover the belly. --Shak. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Belly flop | A dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Belly flopper | A dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Belly fretting | The chafing of a horse's belly with a girth. --Johnson. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Belly landing | An aircraft, normally never has to perform a belly landing. However there are times when an airplane must land without it's landing gear fully extended. This action is taken as an emergency procedure where the airplane uses it's underside, or belly, as it's primary landing device. During a belly landing there is usually extensive damage to the airplane and if the speed is too high then the airplane can flip over. Belly landing is also used when an airplane is making an emergency landing in the water. (references) | ||
| Belly laugh | 1: A joke that seems extremely funny. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| 2: A burst of deep loud hearty laughter. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Belly out | Swell out or bulge out. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Belly timber | Food. [Ludicrous] --Prior. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Belly whop | A dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Belly whopper | A dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Belly worm | A worm that breeds or lives in the belly (stomach or intestines). --Johnson. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Chenggong Fire Belly Newt | The Genus Cynops is due for a split. the Chinese species will be one genus and the Japanese species another. Cynops chenggongenis is at the centre of all this. There is much debate about the validity of Cynops cyanurus and Cynops chenggongensis. There is a suggestion that most of the captive animals labelled Cynops cyanurus could be chenggongensis. but further analysis of the genus is needed to clarify the situation up. (references) | ||
| Chinese Fire Belly Newt | The Chinese Fire Belly Newt (Cynops orientalis) is a common newt often seen in many pet stores. It is commonly confused with the Japanese Fire Belly Newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster) due to similarities in coloring and size. (references) | ||
| Fire Belly Newt | The Fire Belly Newts (Cynops) is a genus of newts native to Japan and China. All of the species show brights yellow or red bellies, however this feature is not unique to this genus. (references) | ||
| Full Belly Project | The Full Belly Project Ltd is a non-profit organization based out of Wilmington, North Carolina, which designs labor saving devices to improve the lives of people in developing countries. At present one of their primary objectives is to increase the cost effectiveness of peanut agriculture as a means of sustainable development in those countries, through the development of affordable appropriate technology which they place in the public domain. There are an estimated half billion people across the globe in over 100 countries, primarily in the equatorial regions and particularly in Africa, dependent upon peanuts as a primary source of protein. (references) | ||
| Japanese Fire Belly Newt | The Japanese Fire Belly Newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster) is a common newt. It is commonly confused with the Chinese Fire Belly Newt (Cynops orientalis) due to similarities in coloring and size. (references) | ||
| Old Yeller Belly | Old Yeller Belly is the nineteenth episode of the fourteenth season of The Simpsons. It aired on May 4, 2003. (references) | ||
| Pleading the belly | Pleading the belly was a common defence in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. It was used as a defence in crimes as varied as shoplifting or murder, and even infanticide. (references) | ||
| Pork belly | Side of fresh pork. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Pork belly | Pork bellies are the underside of the hog, from which bacon is made. Pork bellies and pork belly futures contracts are traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Pork bellies can be kept in cold storage for an extended period of time, and generally it is the frozen bellies that are most actively traded. Bellies typically weigh around 13 pounds. Prices vary depending on the amount of inventory in cold storage and the seasonal demand for bacon. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: BELLIES
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Pork bellies | Agriculture | One of the major cuts of the hog carcass that, when cured, becomes bacon. Futures contracts for pork bellies are traded in the futures market. (references) | |
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