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Adjective: bellied  be-leed
  1. Having a belly
    "The bellied statue of Buddha"
     
  2. Bulging or projecting outward
    "I thought the bellied sail made the ship go faster";
    - bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant
Verb: belly  be-lee
  1. Swell out or bulge out
    "The sail bellied out in the strong wind";
    - belly out

See also: big-bellied, protrusive

Type of: intumesce, puff, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce

Antonym: bellyless

Encyclopedia: Belly