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belly

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"Abdomen"

5 letters · collected on this word page

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