bellied

[ bel-eed ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

having a belly, especially one of a specified kind, size, shape, condition, etc. (usually used in combination):
big-bellied.
swelled or puffed out:
a bellied sail.

Origin of bellied¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; belly, -ed ³

When Esposito asks students if they’ve seen the island’s local snake — its only snake, the red-bellied racer — they usually say yes.

Even though the Founders at first blamed meteors, they eventually made “moschetoes” as the yellow-bellied culprit.

Abbas, who many consider yellow-bellied, jumped head first into controversy during his UNGA 2013 spot.

Gray headed and full bellied, he looks less like a soldier of fortune than he a tourist trolling for thrills.

Gave those yellow-bellied traitors a strong wihff of the grape.

Scott Goldman, 56, bald, and pot-bellied, was first in line.

Myiodynastes luteiventris luteiventris Sclater: Sulfur-bellied Flycatcher.

As they went cutting sidewise through the water, the sails bellied taut, with the wind filling and overflowing them.

Calves thus brought up, have often proved light-bellied, indifferent feeders, and decidedly inferior animals.

I opened a big-bellied one indeed, and found it full of spawn.

The shad-bellied coat was bad enough—you could take that off, though—but there was something worse that stayed on.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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