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Noun belly has 5 senses
  1. abdomen, venter, stomach, belly - the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
    --1 is a kind of body part
    --1 is a part of torso, trunk, body
    --1 has parts:
     abdominal aorta; colic artery, arteria colica; hypochondrium; intestine, bowel, gut; navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, omphalos, omphalus; abdominal, abdominal muscle, ab; abdominal cavity, abdomen; abdominal wall
     --1 has particulars: underbelly, underbody
  2. belly, paunch - a protruding abdomen
    --2 is a kind of adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue
    --2 is a part of torso, trunk, body
    --2 has particulars: pot, potbelly, bay window, corporation, tummy
    Derived form: verb belly1
  3. belly - a part that bulges deeply; "the belly of a sail"
    --3 is a kind of     bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
  4. belly - the hollow inside of something; "in the belly of the ship"
    --4 is a kind of     inside, interior
  5. belly - the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish
    --5 is a kind of     underpart
    --5 is a part of vertebrate, craniate
,Verb belly has 1 sense
  1. belly, belly out - swell out or bulge out
    --1 is one way to swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
    Derived form: noun belly2
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