Definition of Belly

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Definition of Belly

Belly

That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.

The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly.

The womb.

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.

The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.

To cause to swell out; to fill.

To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge.

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Belly Quotations

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.
Mohandas Gandhi

He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.
John Lennon

Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.
Jonathan Swift

I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.
Johnny Depp

Rebellions of the belly are the worst.
Francis Bacon

One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.
Robert A. Heinlein

I don't want to pierce anything. I think it's outdated. Belly rings and all are, like, old.
Britney Spears

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
Saadi

Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly.
Mao Tse-Tung

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.
Samuel Johnson

Belly Translations

belly in Danish is bug
belly in Dutch is buik
belly in Finnish is vatsa
belly in French is ventre
belly in German is Bauch, Leib, Bauchs
belly in Italian is pancia, rumine
belly in Latin is abdomen, venter, uterus
belly in Norwegian is buk, mave
belly in Portuguese is barriga, ventre
belly in Spanish is barriga, tufo, vientre
belly in Swedish is mage

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