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May 24, 2012
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Synonyms for belly

Noun

1. abdomen, venter, stomach, belly, body part
usage: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
2. belly, paunch, adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue
usage: a protruding abdomen
3. belly, bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
usage: a part that bulges deeply; "the belly of a sail"
4. belly, inside, interior
usage: the hollow inside of something; "in the belly of the ship"
5. belly, underpart
usage: the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish

Verb

1. belly, belly out, swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
usage: swell out or bulge out
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