verb
swell out or bulge out
• Syn: ↑belly
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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ˌbelly ˈout [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they belly out he/she/it bellies out present participle bellying out past tense bellied out past participle bellied out] phrasal verb
to fill with air and become large and round
Thesaurus: to become largersynonym
Main entry: belly
Useful english dictionary. 2012.