belly
verb/ˈbeli/
/ˈbeli/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they belly | /ˈbeli/ /ˈbeli/ |
| he / she / it bellies | /ˈbeliz/ /ˈbeliz/ |
| past simple bellied | /ˈbelid/ /ˈbelid/ |
| past participle bellied | /ˈbelid/ /ˈbelid/ |
| -ing form bellying | /ˈbeliɪŋ/ /ˈbeliɪŋ/ |
- belly (out) (especially of sails) to fill with air and become rounder
- The sails bellied out in the wind.
Word OriginOld English belig ‘bag’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘swell, be inflated’.Definitions on the go
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