Belly

  • 51belly-up — bel·ly up (bĕlʹē ŭpʹ) adj. Informal Bankrupt: The company went belly up. * * * …

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  • 52Belly —    The seat of the carnal affections (Titus 1:12; Phil. 3:19; Rom. 16:18). The word is used symbolically for the heart (Prov. 18:8; 20:27; 22:18, marg.). The belly of hell signifies the grave or underworld (Jonah 2:2) …

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  • 53belly — Synonyms and related words: abdomen, abomasum, ascender, back, bag, balloon, bastard type, bay window, beard, bed, bedrock, beerbelly, belly out, bevel, bilge, billow, black letter, body, bottom, bottom side, bouge, breadbasket, breech, bug,… …

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  • 54belly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stomach, tummy; abdomen; paunch, potbelly; underside; breadbasket, pod, bay window, beer belly, pot, gut, swagbelly (all inf.), corporation (sl.). v. bulge, swell, billow. See convexity, receptacle,… …

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  • 55belly up —    If things go belly up, they go badly wrong.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 56belly up — not operating, bankrupt, tits up    Four car dealers went belly up during the recession …

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  • 57belly up —    bankrupt    The phrase is used of companies, with piscine imagery:     ... no government on earth in the mid 1960s let a company like MDC go belly up. (Erdman, 1981) …

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  • 58Belly — Sp Bèlis Ap Belly L u. Kanadoje (Alberta) …

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  • 59belly — n 1. abdomen, stomach, Inf. tummy, gut, Sl. breadbasket, Scot, and North Eng. wame; paunch, potbelly, Inf. bay window, Inf. corporation, Sl. pot, Sl. beer belly, Sl. spare tire, Obs. gorbelly; colonic cavity, intestinal cavity, visceral cavity,… …

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  • 60belly-up — UK / US adjective informal if a company goes belly up, it loses all of its money …

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