belliedadj.
/ˈbɛlɪd/ 1.
a. Having a belly. Often in combinations, e.g. big-bellied or great bellied, having a big belly, corpulent; hence, pregnant. See also gorbellied adj., pot-bellied adj., shad-bellied adj. at shad-belly n. Derivatives.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > belly or abdomen > [adjective]
bellied?c1475
abdominal1650
ventral1817
belly-like1849
ventrinea1859
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > belly or abdomen > [adjective] > types of
great-wombedc1325
wombedc1325
big-bellied?c1475
gorbellieda1529
tunnisha1529
bellieda1533
gorbelly1532
tun-bellied1551
out-bellied1570
paunch-bellied1586
paunchyc1586
big-bellied1592
round-bellied1606
gutty1607
tun-gutted1607
ventripotent1611
swag-bellieda1616
tun-grown1628
bottle-bellied1646
pot-bellied1647
belly-mountained1654
pauncheda1657
sag-bellied1665
barrel-bellied1694
ventricous1702
poke pudding1705
paunch-gutted1726
pot-gutted1731
paunchfula1763
pottle-bellied1777
tunnified1806
tun-likea1813
shad-bellied1832
ventricose1843
bow-windowed1849
bloated-bellied1871
barrel-stomached1884
stomachy1888
well-stomached1896
jelly-bellied1899
narrow-gutted1903
pus-gutted1915
great-stomached1944
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adjective]
greatc1175
with childc1175
with childc1300
baggeda1400
bounda1400
pregnant?a1425
quicka1450
greaterc1480
heavyc1480
teeming1530
great-bellied1533
big1535
boundenc1540
impregnate1540
great-wombeda1550
young with child1566
gravid1598
pregnate1598
pagled1599
enceinte1602
child-great1605
conceived1637
big-bellieda1646
brooding1667
in the (also a) family way1688
in the (also that) way1741
undelivered1799
ensient1818
enwombeda1822
in a delicate condition1827
gestant1851
in pod1890
up the (also a) pole1918
in a particular condition1922
preg?1927
in the spud line1937
up the spout1937
preggy1938
up the stick1941
preggers1942
in pig1945
primigravid1949
preggo1951
in a certain condition1958
gestating1961
up the creek1961
in the (pudding) cluba1966
gravidated-
?c1475 Hunt. Hare 187 Sym, that was balyd lyke a cow.
?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes sig. tiii v Scilla..is belied like a beste & tayled lyke a dolphin.
1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Biii The great bellied loute.
a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 98 When the great belli'd woman's time is com.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 100 The Colt..Sharp headed, Barrel belly'd, broadly back'd. View more context for this quotation
1803 J. Bristed Ανθρωπλανομενος II. 687 The big-bellied hostess.
b. Big-bellied, corpulent; figurative inflated.
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the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [adjective]
to-bollenc1175
bolledc1375
bolnedc1380
swollenc1386
blown1483
puffed?a1500
inflate?1504
bellieda1533
bladder-puffed1549
uppuffed1573
huffling1582
swellinga1586
upblown1590
tumorous1603
windy1603
windy-headed1603
huffed1605
flown1606
huff-pufft1608
puff-pasted1610
turgid1620
turgent1621
high-blown1623
tympanous1625
bladdered1633
tympaneda1634
tumoured1635
tympanied1637
enormous1641
over-leaven1648
flatulent1658
tympany-like1658
huffy1677
tumefied1677
blubbered1699
full-blown1699
bloated1731
tympanitical1772
inflated1785
pompholygous1855
overblown1864
forblown-
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > belly or abdomen > [adjective] > types of
great-wombedc1325
wombedc1325
big-bellied?c1475
gorbellieda1529
tunnisha1529
bellieda1533
gorbelly1532
tun-bellied1551
out-bellied1570
paunch-bellied1586
paunchyc1586
big-bellied1592
round-bellied1606
gutty1607
tun-gutted1607
ventripotent1611
swag-bellieda1616
tun-grown1628
bottle-bellied1646
pot-bellied1647
belly-mountained1654
pauncheda1657
sag-bellied1665
barrel-bellied1694
ventricous1702
poke pudding1705
paunch-gutted1726
pot-gutted1731
paunchfula1763
pottle-bellied1777
tunnified1806
tun-likea1813
shad-bellied1832
ventricose1843
bow-windowed1849
bloated-bellied1871
barrel-stomached1884
stomachy1888
well-stomached1896
jelly-bellied1899
narrow-gutted1903
pus-gutted1915
great-stomached1944
a1533 J. Frith Mirroure (?1536) ii. sig. Avi Belyed Monkes, Chanons & Prests.
a1564 T. Becon Flower Godly Prayers in Prayers (1844) 39 The dreams of the bellied hypocrites.
a1813 A. Wilson Poems & Lit. Prose (1876) II. 36 A bellied gent, steps owre the run.
2. transferred. Made large and full, rounded; bulging; blown or puffed out.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective]
fullOE
balghc1340
struttinga1398
bouchy1398
bunching1398
bunchy1398
lumpedc1425
bunched1426
bulged1436
knule?a1513
bolling1519
bossed?1541
bossy1543
swelling1544
poked1577
embossed1578
extuberant1578
protuberant1578
protuberated1578
protuberating1578
protubered1578
bunting1584
bellieda1593
gouty1595
bottled1597
buddy1611
hulch1611
hulched1611
jetty?1611
bottle-like1629
bungy1634
extuberating1634
bosomed1646
puffing1661
protuberous1666
tuberant1668
extuberic1680
swollen1688
bellying1700
swelled1704
humped1713
extuberated1727
bottle-shaped1731
ampullaceous1776
hummocky1791
bulging1812
bulgy1847
ampulliform1870
fullish1871
pouchy1884
bumfled1913
a1593 H. Smith Serm. (1622) 207 It becomes them well..to wear bellied doublets.
1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver ix. 53 The neather part of the bit a little bellied or square.
1678 London Gaz. No. 7332/4 A bellied porringer.
1747 B. Franklin Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1751) 5 A vinegar cruet, or some such belly'd bottle.
1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. vi. 130 I see a glorious barque With bellied canvass.
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