1. (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation
   "the child was born prematurely" 
2. Too soon; in a premature manner
   "I spoke prematurely"
   - untimely

See also: premature

• belt-tightening
• Beltane
• belted
• belted ammunition
• belted kingfisher
• belted sandfish
• belting
• beltless
• beltlike
• beltman
• beltway
• beluga
• beluga caviar
• belvedere
• Belém
• bema
• Bemidji
• bemire
• Bemisia
• Bemisia tabaci
• bemoan
• bemock
• bemuse
• bemused
• bemusement