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'.

• 🇩🇪Adjektiv, das etwas beschreibt, das einen Bauch bestimmter Art hat, oft in Zusammensetzungen wie 'bäuchig' oder 'feige'.

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.

   🇩🇪Bäuchig

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.

   🇩🇪Bauchig

   Synonyme: bulbousbulgingprotrudingprotuberantpuffyswollen

   Antonyme: 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.

• 🇩🇪Deutsches Verb für das Anschwellen oder Hervortreten nach außen oder das Verursachen, dass etwas anschwillt oder hervortritt.

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.

   🇩🇪Sich wölben

   Synonyme: bagballoonbillowbulgedistendprotrudepuff outswell

   Antonyme: concavedeflateflattenhollow

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

Phrasal-Varianten: belly out