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# belch

«belch» in Mova's school dictionary: **to let wind come noisily up from the stomach through the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (belches, belched, belching); noun (a belch, belches)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To belch is to let wind come noisily up from the stomach through the mouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belch/#m1)

2) To belch is also to send out a big rush of smoke, steam, or fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belch/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales of dragons and monsters, the monster belches fire or smoke; in everyday talk, a rude noise from the mouth

### examples

- The dragon belched forth an evil vapour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belch/#x1)
- The old engine belched black smoke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belch/#x2)
- Please do not belch at the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belch/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: 'For who doth hear?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.966/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «belch» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belch/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.