BELLY


Meaning of BELLY in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ empty , full

▪ flat

▪ round

▪ big , huge , large

▪ fat , pot

Since he turned 30 he's started to develop a pot ~.

▪ bulging , protruding

▪ bloated , distended , swollen

▪ bare

▪ beer (= from drinking too much beer)

▪ pregnant ( esp. AmE )

VERB + BELLY

▪ pat , rub , scratch

▪ fill

I filled my ~ with a sausage sandwich.

▪ expose

Kayla lifted up her shirt to expose her round ~.

BELLY + VERB

▪ bulge

▪ hang

He's so fat, his ~ hangs over his shorts.

▪ swell

PREPOSITION

▪ in sb's ~

She felt the child in her ~ kick.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .