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# bellied

«bellied» in Mova's school dictionary: **used in compound words to describe what kind of belly…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (-bellied, in compounds); verb, past form of «belly» (belly, bellies, bellied, bellying — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Bellied is used in compound words to describe what kind of belly (tummy) something has: pot-bellied, big-bellied, red-bellied. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellied/#m1)

2) (rare) Bellied means swelled out in a round shape: the sails bellied in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellied/#m2)

3) «Belly-up» means dead (for a fish) or failed (for a business). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellied/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons and bird or animal books, «bellied» is part of names: red-bellied woodpecker, yellow-bellied sapsucker, pot-bellied pig. In stories, a «pot-bellied» man has a round tummy; describing bodies should be kind. «Yellow-bellied» is an old slang insult meaning cowardly. Sailing stories use «the sails bellied out». Phrases: «pot-bellied», «red-bellied», «yellow-bellied», «big-bellied».

### examples

- A red-bellied woodpecker tapped on the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellied/#x1)
- They keep a pot-bellied pig as a pet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellied/#x2)
- The ship's sails bellied out in the strong wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellied/#x3)
- The pot-bellied stove warmed the old cabin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellied/#x4)
- (old slang) "You yellow-bellied coward!" shouted the cowboy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellied/#x5)
- The big-bellied jug held lots of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bellied/#x6)

### note

Almost always with a hyphen after another word: «pot-bellied», «red-bellied». The base noun is «belly» (plural «bellies»). «Yellow-bellied» is an insult. Say it "BEL-eed".

### Trees and pragmatics

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