belly
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Synonyms & Antonyms for belly
Synonyms: Noun
appetite, emptiness, famishment, hunger, munchies, stomach
Synonyms: Verb
bag, balloon, beetle, billow, bulge, bunch, jut, overhang, poke, pooch [chiefly dialect], pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell
Antonyms: Noun
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Examples of belly in a Sentence
Noun
He got down on his belly to crawl. They slid down the snowy hill on their bellies. a gray squirrel with a white belly the belly of an airplane the belly of a shipVerb
the sails slowly bellied as the wind picked up recruits were forced to belly over the obstacle course under simulated enemy fire
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The mother of one of those killed, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, told The Associated Press her son was cut across the throat and stabbed in his belly with a knife by police. — Washington Post, "Killings by police divide Brazilian city weary of crime," 22 Aug. 2019 Raymond does beach exercises to diminish his belly. — Rachel Cusk, The New Yorker, "Françoise Sagan, the Great Interrogator of Morality," 21 Aug. 2019 The Grave In fatigues and berets, members of Benin’s military lay on their bellies in Pendjari’s red dust, blasting paper targets one afternoon in June. — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, "Benin Awakens to the Threat of Terrorism After Safari Ends in a Nightmare," 20 Aug. 2019 Some pregnancy pillows serve a variety of functions, too, from a nursing pillow to a baby lounger to a small pregnancy pillow that can prop up your belly at night. — Lori Keong, SELF, "The 10 Best Pregnancy Pillows, According to Moms," 13 Aug. 2019 And the Solid Waste Bureau is expanding a program to provide business districts with solar compacting trash cans, equipped with lids that prevent people from stuffing household trash into their bellies. — Sarah Meehan, baltimoresun.com, "You asked: Why is there so much litter in Baltimore? We dug into the city's trash problem.," 18 June 2019 Among their number: Katherine Muñoz, 20, who clutched her pregnant belly with one hand and held her 18-month-old daughter with the other. — Washington Post, "As Venezuela’s crisis deepens, the most vulnerable are joining the exodus," 7 Aug. 2019 Supposedly, Eugenie was touching her belly a lot, according to the Twitter commentary quoted by the tabloid Express. — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, "Fergie says daughter Princess Eugenie is 'not pregnant,' jokes about living with her ex," 29 July 2019 His breasts could fill a C-cup bra, and his belly looks nine months pregnant. — Abigail Van Buren, Twin Cities, "Dear Abby: Shop owner reluctant to fire employee in personal crisis," 12 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
The alder, least and yellow-bellied only occur as migrants. — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, "Willow flycatchers are maddingly difficult to identify in the field," 13 June 2018 Say bye-bye to belly fat and hello to a new and improved you. — David Zinczenko, Fox News, "'The Super Metabolism Diet' by David Zinczenko," 8 Jan. 2018 Patients have included dogs and cats, of course, but also a bearded dragon lizard, a hamster, a hedgehog and a pot-bellied pig. — Nancy Dahlberg, miamiherald, "Customers give this South Florida startup two paws up | Miami Herald," 23 Feb. 2018 But giving them a run for the money will be the wildlife ambassadors that call the Science Center home: Ethel the opossum, Spooks the hognose snake, Sunny the yellow-bellied ball python and Mr. Six the three-toed box turtle. — Faye Reeder, star-telegram, "Cocktails, appetizers, s’mores, jazz, stargazing and wildlife at Night With Nature | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 25 Oct. 2017 Though some stars are the types of muscular super-humans who populate sports like football and basketball, others are lanky, beer-bellied, stocky, or short. — Alex Putterman, The Atlantic, "Jose Altuve, Baseball’s Unlikeliest Superstar," 6 Oct. 2017 Instead, the presidents have bellied their schools up to the bar and really opened the tap. — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, "Doyel: FBI confirms NCAA doesn't run NCAA basketball. Shoe companies do.," 28 Sep. 2017 Stunning red berries appear in late summer and fall that attractive a number of birds, including the yellow bellied sapsucker. — Jill Sell, cleveland.com, "Late summer and fall blooming plants add beauty to any yard," 13 Aug. 2017 The bar opened its doors in 1852 as Peter King’s Granite Store, a general mercantile, where miners could belly up to the bar — planks plunked atop barrels — and get a drink. — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, "Yosemite: 5 ways to play in charming Groveland," 25 Feb. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'belly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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