6 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

bellied

adjective

1: having a belly; often used in combination [ant: {bellyless}]

2: curving outward [syn: {bellying}, {bulbous}, {bulging}, {bulgy}, {protuberant}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

belly

noun

1: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis [syn: {abdomen}, {venter}, {stomach}]

2: a protruding abdomen [syn: {paunch}]

3: a part that bulges deeply; "the belly of a sail"

4: the hollow inside of something; "in the belly of the ship"

5: the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish

verb: swell out or bulge out [syn: {belly out}] [also: {bellied}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

bellied See {belly}

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Bellied \Bel"lied\, adjective Having (such) a belly; puffed out; -- used in composition; as, pot-bellied; shad-bellied.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Belly \Bel"ly\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bellied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bellying}.] To cause to swell out; to fill. [R.]

Your breath of full consent bellied his sails. --Shak.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "bellied": bellylike, bug-eyed, bulged, bulging, convex, exophthalmic, goggle, goggled, popeyed, pouched, rotund, round, rounded, rounded out, swollen, tumescent, tumid, tumorous, turgescent, turgid, ventricose

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