Meaning of belly | Babel Free
ˈbɛliDefinitions
- The abdomen (especially a fat one)
- The abdomen (especially a fat one).
- stomach (an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion)
- uterus (a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth)
- The lower fuselage of an airplane
- The lower fuselage of an airplane.
- The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part)
- The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part).
- The main curved portion of a knife blade.
- The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.
Equivalents
Afrikaans
maag
አማርኛ
ሆድ
বাংলা
পেট
Čeština
břicho
Ελληνικά
κοιλιά
Esperanto
ventro
Eesti
koht
Euskara
sabel
Gaeilge
bolg
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
ʻōpū
עברית
בטן
Magyar
has
Bahasa Indonesia
perut
ქართული
მუცელი
Кыргызча
курсак
Lingála
libumu
Lietuvių
pilvas
Latviešu
vēders
Te Reo Māori
puku
Монгол
гэдэс
Bahasa Melayu
perut
Malti
zaqq
Nederlands
buik
Slovenčina
brucho
Slovenščina
trebuh
Shqip
bark
Тоҷикӣ
шикам
ትግርኛ
ከብዲ
Türkmençe
garyn
Українська
живі́т
Oʻzbekcha
qorin
Tiếng Việt
bụng
Wolof
biir
IsiZulu
isisu
Examples
“You've grown a belly over Christmas! Time to join the gym again.”
“My belly was full of wine.”
“Before I formed thee in the bellie, I knew thee; […]”
“There was no heat, and we shivered in the belly of the plane.”
“the belly of a flask, muscle, violin, sail, or ship”
“[…] I cried by reason of mine affliction vnto the Lord, and hee heard mee; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voyce.”
“At last I got my knife and cut the halyards. The peak dropped instantly, a great belly of loose canvas floated broad upon the water […]”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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