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BELLYING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bellying mean?
• BELLYING (adjective)
The adjective BELLYING has 1 sense:
1. curving outward
Familiarity information: BELLYING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Curving outward
Synonyms:
bellied; bellying; bulbous; bulging; bulgy; protuberant
Similar:
protrusive (thrusting outward)
Context examples
Bit by bit, an inch at a time, with here a wolf bellying forward, and there a wolf bellying forward, the circle would narrow until the brutes were almost within springing distance.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Bellying forward to the edge of the clearing, he found Hans, lying on his face, feathered with arrows like a porcupine.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Hawtayne bent his weight upon the tiller, and crouched to see under the bellying sail.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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