Definition of belly

"belly" in the noun sense

1. abdomen, venter, stomach, belly

the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

2. belly, paunch

a protruding abdomen

3. belly

a part that bulges deeply

"the belly of a sail"

4. belly

the hollow inside of something

"in the belly of the ship"

5. belly

the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish

"belly" in the verb sense

1. belly, belly out

swell out or bulge out

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Quotations for belly

The belly has no ears. [ Plutarch ]

A hungry belly has no ears. [ Proverb ]

An empty belly hears nobody. [ Proverb ]

Fair words fill not the belly. [ Proverb ]

The belly hates a long sermon. [ Proverb ]

The eye is bigger than the belly. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

The eyes are larger than the belly. [ German Proverb ]

He eats the calf in the cow's belly. [ Proverb ]

The belly that is full may well fast. [ Proverb ]

The hungry belly thinks the throat cut. [ Proverb ]

A growing youth has a wolf in his belly. [ Proverb ]

That is good sport that fills the belly. [ Proverb ]

Better belly burst than good drink lost. [ Proverb ]

A full belly neither fights nor flies well. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

And by his side rode loathsome gluttony.
Deformed creature, on a filthy swine;
His belly was up-blown with luxury,
And eke with fatness swollen were his eyne. [ Spenser ]

Your belly will never let your back be warm. [ Proverb ]

Grain by grain, and the hen fills her belly. [ Proverb ]

When the belly is full, the bones are at rest. [ Proverb ]

It is a good hunting-bout that fills the belly. [ Proverb ]

It is easier to fill a glutton's belly than his eye. [ Proverb ]

Avarice fills its purse at the expense of its belly. [ Haliburton ]

A belly full of gluttony will never study willingly. [ Proverb ]

Water breeds frogs in the belly; but wine kills worms. [ Proverb ]

If it were not for the belly, the back might wear gold. [ Proverb ]

He whose belly is full believes not him whose is empty. [ Proverb ]

Whose god is their belly and whose glory is their shame. [ Bible ]

Misers put their back and their belly into their pocket. [ Proverb ]

It is difficult to speak to the belly because it has no ears. [ Plutarch ]

He that is killed by a cannon was cursed in his mother's belly. [ Proverb ]

He's like a bagpipe, you never hear him till his belly is full. [ Proverb ]

What is gotten over the Devil's back, is spent under his belly. [ Proverb ]

He is sillier than a crab, that has all his brains in his belly. [ Proverb ]

Unjust gains may be sweet in the mouth, but will be bitter in the belly. [ Proverb ]

The epicure puts his purse into his belly; and the miser his belly into his purse. [ Proverb ]

The belly (i.e. hunger or necessity) is the teacher of arts and the bestower of genius. [ Pers ]

Shake a Liecestershire man by the collar, and you shall hear the beans rattle in his belly. [ Proverb ]

The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. [ Bible ]

But for the cravings of the belly not a bird would have fallen into the snare; nay, nay, the fowler would not have spread his net. The belly is chains to the hands and fetters to the feet. He who is a slave to his belly seldom worships God. [ Saadi ]

It is the nature of man to be proud, when man by nature hath nothing to be proud of. He more adorneth the creature than he adoreth the Creator; and makes not only his belly his god, but his body. I am ashamed of their glory whose glory is their shame. If nature will needs have me to be proud of something, I will be proud only of this, that I am proud of nothing. [ Arthur Warwick ]

belly in Scrabble®

The word belly is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters belly:

BELLY
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The 154 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In belly

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belly in Words With Friends™

The word belly is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters belly:

BELLY
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The 173 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In belly

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Words within the letters of belly

2 letter words in belly (4 words)

3 letter words in belly (3 words)

4 letter words in belly (2 words)

5 letter words in belly (1 word)

belly + 2 blanks (6 words)

Word Growth involving belly

Shorter words in belly

be bell

el ell bell

Longer words containing belly

beerbelly

bellyache bellyached

bellyache bellyacher bellyachers

bellyache bellyaches

bellyaching

bellyband bellybands

bellybutton bellybuttons

bellyflop bellyflopped

bellyflop bellyflopper bellyfloppers

bellyflop bellyflopping

bellyflop bellyflops

bellyful bellyfuls

bellying

bellylaugh bellylaughed

bellylaugh bellylaugher bellylaughers

bellylaugh bellylaughing

bellylaugh bellylaughs

bellylike

checkerbelly

leadbelly

potbelly

redbelly

sawbelly

sourbelly

sowbelly

underbelly

yellowbelly