Belly
31belly — bel|ly1 [ beli ] noun count * 1. ) INFORMAL a stomach. This word is often used to talk about whether people have enough to eat or not: Our first priority is putting food in empty bellies. a ) INFORMAL the front part of your body between your… …
32belly up — 1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ Sylvia was boiled belly up glassy eyed. □ After four beers, I was belly up, for sure. 2. mod. dead. □ That’s the end. This company is belly up. (See also turn belly up.) □ …
33belly — 1 noun (C) 1 PERSON a) your stomach: a full belly b) BrE the part of your body between your chest and your legs; abdomen (1): She lay on her belly in the long grass. 2 ANIMAL the underneath of an animal s body 3 OBJECT a curved or rounded part of …
34belly — I. noun (plural bellies) Etymology: Middle English bely bellows, belly, from Old English belg bag, skin; akin to Old High German balg bag, skin, Old English blāwan to blow more at blow Date: before 12th century 1. a. abdomen 1; also potbelly 1 …
35Belly — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Belly (homonymie). Belly était un groupe de musique américain formé en 1991 et composé de Tanya Donelly, alors guitariste des Throwing Muses et des Breeders, et de Fred Abong. Basé à Boston dans le Massachusetts …
36Belly — That part of the body that contains all of the structures between the chest and the pelvis. Also called the abdomen. The belly (or abdomen) is separated anatomically from the chest by the diaphragm, the powerful muscle spanning the body cavity… …
37belly — bel•ly [[t]ˈbɛl i[/t]] n. pl. lies, 1) anat. the abdomen or underpart of an animal 2) anat. the stomach with its adjuncts 3) appetite or capacity for food; gluttony 4) the womb; uterus 5) the interior of something: a ship s belly[/ex] 6) a… …
38belly — 1. noun a) The abdomen. There was no heat, and we shivered in the belly of the plane. b) The stomach, especially a fat one. 2. verb To position ones belly …
39belly up — 1. adjective Dead or defunct. After several financial failures, the organization went belly up. See Also: go belly up 2. verb To gather close to, or approach eagerly or assertively, as a …
40Belly Up — A slang term used to describe the complete and abject failure of an individual, corporation, bank, development project, etc. The term belly up is often used to describe a financial institution that has failed and been closed by regulators. The… …
