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Word entry · 5 letters

belly

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"Abdomen"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɛli/Part of speech verb, nounSorted bellyStarts with BEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
1B2E3L4L5Y

Definitions

  1. swell out or bulge out

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English bely, beli, bali, below, belew, balyw, from Old English bielġ (“bag, pouch, bulge”), from Proto-West Germanic *balgi, *balgu, from Proto-Germanic *balgiz, *balguz (“skin, hide, bellows, bag”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell, blow up”). Cognate with Dutch balg, German Balg, Danish bælg, Old Irish bolg, Welsh bol. Doublet of bellows, blague, bulge, and budge. See also bellows.

Used in a sentence

  • 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; […]

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