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BELLY OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does belly out mean? 

BELLY OUT (verb)
  The verb BELLY OUT has 1 sense:

1. swell out or bulge outplay

  Familiarity information: BELLY OUT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BELLY OUT (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Swell out or bulge out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

belly; belly out

Hypernyms (to "belly out" is one way to...):

intumesce; swell; swell up; tumefy; tumesce (expand abnormally)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s


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