belly | Definition of belly

belly

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of belly

1 to extend outward beyond a usual point

the sails slowly bellied as the wind picked up

Synonyms of belly

bag, balloon, beetle, billow, bulge, bunch, jut, overhang, poke, pooch [chiefly dialect], pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell

Words Related to belly

blow up, inflate

dilate, distend, expand

mushroom, snowball

elongate, extend, lengthen, stretch

Near Antonyms of belly

compress, condense, constrict, contract, shrink

2 to move slowly with the body close to the ground

recruits were forced to belly over the obstacle course under simulated enemy fire

Synonyms of belly

crawl, creep, grovel, slide, slither, snake, worm, wriggle

Words Related to belly

edge, inch, nose

skulk, sneak, steal, tiptoe