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Definition: BELLIES |
BELLIESPlural1. Of Belly |
Date "BELLIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Widenings in a vein. See also:belly. (references) |
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Crosswords: BELLIES |
| English words defined with "BELLIES": Biventral ♦ Digastric, distend ♦ intumesce ♦ Polygastric ♦ swell, swell up ♦ Trigastric, tumefy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BELLIES": fish hatchery assistant, fish hatchery attendant, FISH HATCHERY WORKER, fresh-meat grader ♦ GRADER, GREEN MEAT ♦ pickling grader, Pork bellies ♦ THE DIP. (references) |
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 | What caused these tracks? Tobogganing penguins. Note the flipper marks in snow. Penguin tracks produced by sliding across the ice on their bellies. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Estuaries serve as vital nurseries for a wide variety of fishes, shellfishes, and birds. The bellies of these three juvenile fishes are packed full of goodies from the marsh's bounty. Pictured here from top to bottom are young of the year mullet, flounder, and spot, all of which enter North Inlet Estuary in February from their offshore places of birth. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Bayonets were buried in the bellies of these centaurs |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Men usually build up fat around their bellies, giving them more of an "apple" shape. (references) | |
Economic History | Taiwan | Imports of all red meat variety meats are formally banned, but import quotas for pork bellies and pork and beef variety meats have been allocated since August 1998 under the Taiwan WTO Pre-Accession Agreement. (references) |
Trade | Taiwan | Prohibited Imports: In addition to the current import quotas for chicken meat, pork bellies, red meat offal and potatoes, several important agricultural products, including rice, peanuts, and selected dairy products, are banned outright. (references) |
Taiwan | Upon WTO accession, Taiwan will establish TRQs for currently banned products such as pork bellies, chicken meat, pork offal, poultry offal, liquid milk, peanuts, small red beans, garlic bulbs, some fruit and vegetables, rice and rice products. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "BELLIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.09% of the time. "BELLIES" is used about 110 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.09% | 109 | 31,132 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.91% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 110 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "BELLIES". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Betonim | N/A | Biblical | Bellies |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "BELLIES": pot-bellies, under-bellies. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BELLIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 腹部 (Abdomen, Belly, belly-up). (various references) | |
Danish | buguld (bellies wool), brystflaesk og stykker deraf (belly (streaky) and cuts of bellies). (various references) | |
Dutch | buik en buikspek (belly (streaky) and cuts of bellies). (various references) | |
Finnish | vatsavilla (bellies wool). (various references) | |
French | poitrine (entrelardée) et morceaux de poitrines (belly (streaky) and cuts of bellies), laine de bout de ventre (bellies wool). (various references) | |
German | Bäuche. (various references) | |
Greek | μαλλί κοιλιάς (bellies wool). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hasrész, hasgyapja. (various references) | |
Italian | ventresca e parti di pancette (belly (streaky) and cuts of bellies), pancetta (belly (streaky) and cuts of bellies). (various references) | |
Korean | 아랫배 (Belly). (various references) | |
Manx | builg. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | elliesbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | peito(entremeado)e pedaços de peitos (belly (streaky) and cuts of bellies), lã da barriga (bellies wool). (various references) | |
Spanish | panceta(entreverado)y trozos de panceta (belly (streaky) and cuts of bellies), lana de vientre (bellies wool). (various references) | |
Swedish | bukull (bellies wool). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Titus Chapter 1, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eipen tiV ex autwn idioV autwn profhthV krhteV aei yeustai kaka qhria gastereV argai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dixit quidam ex illis proprius ipsorum propheta Cretenses semper mendaces malae bestiae ventres pigri |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And oon of hem, her propre profete, seide, Men of Crete ben euere more lyeris, yuele beestis, of slowe wombe. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | One beynge of the selves which was a poyet of their awne sayde: The Cretayns are all wayes lyars evyll beastes and slowe belies. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | One of their prophets has said, The men of Crete are ever false, evil beasts, lovers of food, hating work. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Titus Chapter 1, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | Usa kanila, nga ilang kaugalingon profeta, miingon, "Ang mga Cretanhon kanunay gayung bakakon, mga mananap nga dautan, mga palakaon nga tapulan." |
| Croatian | Reèe netko od njih, njihov vlastiti prorok: "Kreæani uvijek lašci, opake zvijeri, trbusi dangubni." |
| Danish | En af dem, en af deres egne Profeter, har sagt: "Kretere ere altid Løgnere, onde Dyr, lade Buge." |
| Dutch | Een uit hen, zijnde hun eigen profeet, heeft gezegd: De Kretensen zijn altijd leugenachtig, kwade beesten, luie buiken. |
| Finnish | Eräs heistä, heidän oma profeettansa, on sanonut: "Petturi Kreetan mies, peto ilkeä, laiskurivatsa". |
| French | L`un d`entre eux, leur propre prophète, a dit: Crétois toujours menteurs, méchantes bêtes, ventres paresseux. |
| German | Es hat einer aus ihnen gesagt, ihr eigener Prophet: "Die Kreter sind immer Lügner, böse Tiere und faule Bäuche." |
| Haitian Creole | Se yon moun Krèt, yonn nan pwofèt pa yo menm ki di konsa: Moun Krèt toujou ap bay manti. Se yon bann bèt sovaj, yo parese konsa. Lide yo sou manje ase. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pernah seorang nabi mereka sendiri, yang berasal dari Kreta juga, berkata, "Orang-orang Kreta selalu berbohong, dan seperti binatang buas yang rakus dan pemalas." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka seorang daripada mereka itu, yaitu nabinya sendiri, sudah berkata: Bahwa orang Kerete itu senantiasa pembohong, binatang yang jahat, orang gelojoh yang malas. |
| Italian | Uno dei loro, proprio un loro profeta, gia aveva detto: «I Cretesi son sempre bugiardi, male bestie, ventri pigri». |
| Maori | I mea tetahi o ratou, he poropiti no ratou ake, He teka tonu ta nga Kariti, he kararehe kino, he pukukai, he mangere. |
| Norwegian | En av dem, deres egen profet, har sagt: Kreterne er alltid løgnere, onde dyr, late buker. |
| Rumanian | Unul dintre ei, chiar prooroc al lor, a zis: ,,Cretanii sknt totdeauna niwte mincnowi, niwte fiare rele, niwte pkntece lenewe.`` |
| Shuar | Warí, imia Krétanmaya chichaman etserin juna Tíchamka: "Krétanmaya aentska tuke Wáitrin ainiawai. Tura Nákitiat ti yurumin ainiawai. Yajasma Núnisan ainiawai." Nuna Tíchamka. |
| Spanish | Uno de ellos, su propio profeta, ha dicho: "Los cretenses son siempre mentirosos, malas bestias, glotones perezosos." |
| Swahili | Hata mmoja wa manabii wao, ambaye naye pia ni Mkrete, alisema: "Wakrete, husema uongo daima; ni kama wanyama wabaya, walafi na wavivu!" |
| Swedish | En av dem, en profet av deras eget folk, har sagt: "Kreterna, lögnare jämt, äro odjur, glupska och lata." |
| Uma | Ria-hana hadua nabi to Kreta owi to mpo'uli' hewa toi: "To Kreta-le, paka' to moboa', dike' to mau, jampa pai' lose." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "BELLIES": gorbellies, potbellies, sowbellies, underbellies. (additional references) | |
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"BELLIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bailies, baillies, balise, Balulise, belives, Bellars, Bellas, Bellier, belline, bellise, belloe, bellys, belties, Berliozz, billies, Billis, Bilqis, Buellia, Nellies, wellies. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "BELLIES" (pronounced be"lēz) |
| 4 | -e" l ē z | alleles, jellies. |
| 3 | -l ē z | alleys, anomalies, assemblies, Baileys, bullies, chilies, chilis, chillies, Collies, dailies, doilies, facsimiles, families, fillies, follies, galleys, Gillies, grizzlies, gullies, Hillbillies, hollies, homilies, jollies, lilies, monopolies, pulleys, rallies, sallies, subassemblies, subfamilies, tallies, tamales, trolleys, valleys, volleys, weeklies. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-i-l-l-s" | |
-1 letter: belies, belles, libels. | |
-2 letters: belie, belle, bells, biles, bills, libel, lisle, selle. | |
-3 letters: bees, bell, bels, bile, bill, bise, eels, ells, else, ills, isle, lees, leis, libs, lies, seel, sell, sill. | |
-4 letters: bee, bel, bis, eel, ell, els, ill, lee, lei, lib, lie, lis, see, sei, sel, sib. | |
-5 letters: be, bi, el, es, is, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-i-l-l-s" | |
+1 letter: libelees, libelers. | |
+2 letters: belittles, bellicose, beltlines, billeters, bluelines, eligibles, embellish, gerbilles, libellees, libellers, lobelines, reliables, sliceable, tullibees. | |
+3 letters: belittlers, belletrist, bridewells, cellobiose, corbeilles, deshabille, gorbellies, klebsiella, liberalise, licensable, listenable, mislabeled, potbellies, rebellions, rebellious, relishable, rubellites, sowbellies, zibellines. | |
+4 letters: belletrists, bellicosely, bristlelike, cellobioses, deshabilles, disbowelled, dislikeable, ebulliences, embellished, embellisher, embellishes, fireballers, ineligibles, irresoluble, klebsiellas, liberalised, liberalises, liberalizes, liberalness, likableness, livableness, lobsterlike, mislabelled, neoliberals, pliableness, spellbinder, umbellifers, whistleable. | |
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