Bellied

//ˈbɛlid// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1
simple past and past participle of belly form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1
Having a large or prominent belly. not-comparable
"There was, also, among the company a mannered, bellied person called Alured Castorley […]"
2
Having a belly of a specified type. in-compounds, not-comparable
"full-bellied knife"
3
Swollen, bulging, or billowing; bellying. not-comparable
"1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, “The American Flag” in The Culprit Fay, and Other Poems, New York: Van Norden & King, 1847, p. 91, Flag of the seas! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o’er the brave; When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail,"
4
Overblown, exaggerated. figuratively, not-comparable
"[…] the choicest of his friends, Such as would blush to talk such serious follies, Or back such bellied commendations […]"

Adjective

1
having a belly wordnet
2
curving outward wordnet

Synonyms

bellying bellylike bug eyed bug-eyed bulbous bulged

Antonyms

Example

"There was, also, among the company a mannered, bellied person called Alured Castorley […]"

Related phrases

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