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Adjective: bellying  be-lee-ing
  1. Bulging or projecting outward
    "I thought the bellying sail made the ship go faster";
    - bellied, 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: protrusive

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

Encyclopedia: Belly