bellied

An adjective used to describe something having a belly of a specified kind, often used in compound forms like 'pot-bellied' or 'yellow-bellied'.

• 🌐صفة تُستخدم لوصف شيء له بطن من نوع معين، وغالبًا ما تُستعمل في التراكيب الموصولة بمعنى ذي بطن بارز أو ضخم البطن، كما تُستعمل مجازًا بمعنى جبان أو ضعيف الإرادة.

1. Having a belly of a specified kind B2 formal

   Describing a person or animal with a particular type or shape of belly.

   • The pot-bellied man struggled to tie his shoes.
   • A round-bellied pig wallowed in the mud.
   • The fish was a large-bellied specimen.

   🌐ذو بطن

2. Swollen or bulging B2 formal

   Describing something that protrudes outward, like a sail or a container.

   • The wind caught the sail, making it full-bellied.
   • The bellied canvas of the tent sagged under the rain.
   • The bag was bellied out with all the groceries.

   🌐منتفخ

   المرادفات: bulbousbulgingprotrudingprotuberantpuffyswollen

   الأضداد: concavedeflatedflathollowsunken

• more bellied comparative form
• most bellied superlative form

A verb used to indicate the act of swelling or bulging outward, or to cause something to swell or bulge.

• 🌐فعل يُستخدم للدلالة على انتفاخ شيء أو بروزه إلى الخارج، أو التسبب في انتفاخ شيء أو بروزه.

1. Swell or bulge out B2 formal

   To swell out or protrude, like a sail or a surface.

   • The sails bellied out in the strong wind.
   • The fabric bellied outward as the wind caught it.
   • The parachute bellied open above him.

   🌐انتفاخ

   المرادفات: bagballoonbillowbulgedistendprotrudepuff outswell

   الأضداد: concavedeflateflattenhollow

• bellied past participle
• bellied past simple
• bellying present participle
• bellies third person singular

الصيغ المركّبة: belly out