belly

1 a need or desire for food his one concern in life seemed to be for his belly Synonyms appetite, hunger, emptiness, famishment, munchies, stomachRelated Words rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness, voraciousness, voracity; malnutrition, starvation, undernourishment; craving, sweet tooth; famine, fast, hunger strike; gluttony, gourmandism, greed, hoggishnessNear Antonyms fill, fullness, glut, repleteness, repletion, satiation, satiety, satisfaction, surfeitAntonyms inappetence

2 an enlarged or bulging abdomen vowed to get rid of his belly in time to attend his class reunion Synonyms bay window, beer belly, potbelly, corporation, gut, paunch, potRelated Words breadbasket [slang], stomach, tummy; chubbiness, corpulence, fat, fatness, fleshiness, obesity, overweight, paunchiness, plumpness, portliness, pudginess; chunkiness, heaviness, stoutness

3 the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis a baby with a round little belly Synonyms abdomen, stomach, breadbasket [slang], gut, solar plexus, tummyRelated Words middle, midriff, waist; paunch, potbelly; thorax

4 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 Synonyms core, blood, bone(s), bosom, breast, gut, heart, heartstrings, inner space, inside, quick, soulRelated Words conscience, mind

1 to extend outward beyond a usual point the sails slowly bellied as the wind picked up Synonyms bag, balloon, beetle, bulge, billow, bunch, jut, overhang, poke, pooch [chiefly dialect], pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swellRelated Words dome; blow up, inflate; dilate, distend, expand; mushroom, snowball; elongate, extend, lengthen, stretchNear Antonyms compress, condense, constrict, contract, shrink

2 to move slowly with the body close to the ground recruits were forced to belly over the obstacle course under simulated enemy fire Synonyms crawl, creep, grovel, slide, slither, snake, worm, wriggleRelated Words crouch, squat; edge, inch, nose; skulk, sneak, steal, tiptoe