BELCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does belch mean? 

• BELCH (noun)
  The noun BELCH has 1 sense:

1. a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth

  Familiarity information: BELCH used as a noun is very rare.

• BELCH (verb)
  The verb BELCH has 2 senses:

1. expel gas from the stomach

2. become active and spew forth lava and rocks

  Familiarity information: BELCH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BELCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

belch; belching; burp; burping; eructation

Hypernyms ("belch" is a kind of...):

ejection; expulsion; forcing out; projection (the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting)

inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; reflex action; reflex response; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)

Derivation:

belch (expel gas from the stomach)

• BELCH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they belch    ... he / she / it belches   
Past simple: belched   
Past participle: belched   
-ing form: belching   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Expel gas from the stomach

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

belch; bubble; burp; eruct

Context example:

Please don't burp at the table

Hypernyms (to "belch" is one way to...):

breathe; emit; pass off (expel (gases or odors))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

belch (a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become active and spew forth lava and rocks

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

belch; erupt; extravasate

Context example:

Vesuvius erupts once in a while

Hypernyms (to "belch" is one way to...):

burst; explode (burst outward, usually with noise)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 17 Item (HAMD-17) Anxiety somatic: physiological concomitants of anxiety such as gastro-intestinal (dry mouth, wind, indigestion, diarrhea, cramps, belching), cardiovascular (palpitations, headaches), respiratory (hyperventilation, sighing), urinary frequency, sweating.

(HAMD-17 - Somatic Anxiety, NCI Thesaurus)

You may have heartburn or belch and feel bloated.

(Indigestion, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

The Macedonia, belching the blackest of smoke from her funnel, was charging down upon us from out of the north-east.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Passing gas through the mouth is called belching or burping.

(Gas, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

To belch, the casting of upwind from the stomach.

(Eructation, NCI Thesaurus)

They're particularly violent in their youth, belching up a large number of flares, or bursts of radiation and particles that could strip away budding planetary atmospheres.

(A Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet's Surface, NASA)

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 21 Item (HAMD-21) Anxiety somatic; physiological concomitants of anxiety, (i.e., effects of autonomic overactivity, 'butterflies,' indigestion, stomach cramps, belching, diarrhea, palpitations, hyperventilation, paresthesia, sweating, flushing, tremor, headache, urinary frequency).

(HAMD-21 - Anxiety Somatic, NCI Thesaurus)