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as in stomachs
an enlarged or bulging abdomen
worked hard to get rid of his belly in time to attend his class reunion
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as in abdomens
the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis
a baby with a round little belly
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as in hearts
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions
in my belly I knew that he wasn't telling the truth, as the details of his story just didn't add up
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as in protrudes
to extend outward beyond a usual point
the sails slowly bellied as the wind picked up
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Recent Examples of bellies
Andrew Callahan, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2026
More food competitions in February and March This isn’t the only competition meant to keep bars and bellies full.
—Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 26 Jan. 2026
Giving them playtime on their bellies can help, as can burping them more frequently during feedings.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
With almost no international flights entering or leaving Venezuela, many families had to make alternate arrangements for Christmas this year, living rooms and bellies much emptier than anticipated.
—Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
Pairs of multibar angelfish, with their zebra-like stripes and bright yellow bellies, darted across a field of silvery staghorn coral.
—Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
Jared Towers, the executive director of Bay Cetology, a research institute in Alert Bay, British Columbia, told the outlet that the group of orcas rubbing their bellies on the rocks comes from the A5 pod, which is composed of three different families.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Charlotte restaurants work hard, day in and day out, to nourish our bellies — and our spirits — with all kinds of food.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
This delicious recipe comes together in just 25 minutes, but the satisfied bellies of all those at your supper table will never know it.
—Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
Noun
Tito’s vodka over the yellow bellies.
—Andrew Callahan, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2026
More food competitions in February and March This isn’t the only competition meant to keep bars and bellies full.
—Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 26 Jan. 2026
Giving them playtime on their bellies can help, as can burping them more frequently during feedings.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
With almost no international flights entering or leaving Venezuela, many families had to make alternate arrangements for Christmas this year, living rooms and bellies much emptier than anticipated.
—Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
Pairs of multibar angelfish, with their zebra-like stripes and bright yellow bellies, darted across a field of silvery staghorn coral.
—Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
Jared Towers, the executive director of Bay Cetology, a research institute in Alert Bay, British Columbia, told the outlet that the group of orcas rubbing their bellies on the rocks comes from the A5 pod, which is composed of three different families.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Charlotte restaurants work hard, day in and day out, to nourish our bellies — and our spirits — with all kinds of food.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
This delicious recipe comes together in just 25 minutes, but the satisfied bellies of all those at your supper table will never know it.
—Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bellies
Noun
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The larger specimens, like Hamel’s fish, are harvested and donated to the Musée du Fjord, where the heads and stomachs are analyzed by scientists.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
5 Feb. 2026
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Chris, Jason, and Thor all take turns lying on their stomachs naked getting massages.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2026
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Starting in 2013 more than a hundred thousand women received calls about the urgent need to have surgically implanted pelvic mesh removed from their lower abdomens.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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The stingers they are equipped with can be up to about a quarter-inch (6 mm) in length and inject a painful venom – which is stored in large quantities in their abdomens – into their victims.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Dec. 2025
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Sometimes our hearts are broken.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Caesar failed to anticipate that stakeholders make decisions based on more than rational arguments only and that establishing peace meant winning hearts as well as minds.—
Paul Vanderbroeck,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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Baleen is a specialized type of bone that protrudes from the jaws like teeth and is used to filter small critters from the ocean water to feed.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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From the mouth of Lake of the Woods, the Warroad River snakes through the middle of the city limits, a few blocks from the headquarters of Marvin Windows and Doors, the employer as synonymous with the town as the sport of hockey.—
Dave Campbell,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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The dining room features a sprawling chandelier that snakes its way across the ceiling.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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New York's new socialist mayor wants to tax corporations and wealthy New Yorkers to finance the city's $12 billion budget deficit.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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Hard Rock partners with the city’s school corporations, Ivy Tech Community College and Indiana University Northwest to help support the community, Tan-Helton said.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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But tens of thousands of films are made each year, and quite a few of them break the rules, defy conventional narrative expectations and smack us deep in our souls.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2026
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The world must stand with the people of Iran before more of our bravest souls are lost.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a brain aneurysm is a weakened area in an artery that bulges outward and fills with blood.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Bellies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bellies. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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