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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