belly
/ˈbeli/noun
उच्चारण बेली
पेट
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the part of the body below the chest; the stomach
पेट
- a full belly
- He felt his belly rumble as the smell of paratha filled the kitchen.
- The baby laughed and clapped when Dad tickled her belly.
+ 3 more examples
- He lay on his belly on the cool floor to read his comic.
- Radhika felt a pain in her belly after the heavy meal.
- The dog rolled over to show its soft belly.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
belly (countable; plural bellies)
Belly is countable; the plural is bellies. It is an informal word for the stomach area.
'Belly' countable है; plural 'bellies' है। यह पेट के हिस्से के लिए अनौपचारिक शब्द है।
- The child patted his full belly.
- Many dancers train to keep their bellies flat.
belly of sth (the underside or inside)
The belly of something is its rounded lower or inner part: the belly of a ship, a plane, a whale.
किसी वस्तु का 'belly' उसका गोल निचला या भीतरी भाग है: जहाज़, विमान या व्हेल का पेट।
- Cargo was loaded into the belly of the plane.
- The story is about a man swallowed in the belly of a whale.
belly + noun: belly dance, belly button, belly laugh
As a modifier, belly stays singular: belly dance, belly button, belly flop, belly laugh.
Modifier के रूप में 'belly' singular रहता है: belly dance, belly button, belly flop, belly laugh।
- The joke drew a big belly laugh.
- He did a belly flop into the pool.
belly (verb): belly out / belly up
As a verb, belly out means to swell with wind, and go belly up means to fail, as a business does.
क्रिया के रूप में 'belly out' का अर्थ हवा से फूलना है, और 'go belly up' का अर्थ असफल होना है, जैसे कोई व्यापार।
- The sails bellied out in the wind.
- The shop went belly up last year.
+Collocations 4
adjective + belly
fullemptyroundflatswollengrowling
- A growling belly told him it was lunchtime.
verb + belly
fillpatrubticklehold
- The old man rubbed his belly after the feast.
belly + noun
dancebuttonlaughpainfatflop
- She joined the belly dance workshop.
belly of + noun
a shipa planethe eartha whalethe hill
- Coal is mined deep in the belly of the earth.
“More examples 5
- After the Diwali feast, everyone had a full belly.
दीवाली की दावत के बाद सभी का पेट भरा हुआ था।
- Radhika laughed so hard that her belly hurt.
राधिका इतना हँसी कि उसका पेट दुखने लगा।
- The luggage was stored in the belly of the aircraft.
सामान विमान के निचले हिस्से में रखा गया था।
- The baby giggled when his father tickled his belly.
जब पिता ने उसका पेट गुदगुदाया तो बच्चा खिलखिला उठा।
- The small company went belly up after one bad year.
एक ख़राब साल के बाद वह छोटी कंपनी डूब गई।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He has pain in his bellys.
✓ He has pain in his belly.
One person has one belly, so the noun is singular; the plural is bellies.
एक व्यक्ति का एक पेट होता है, इसलिए noun singular है; plural 'bellies' है।
✗ The belly of the tigers were big.
✓ The belly of the tiger was big.
The subject is belly, so the verb must be singular.
कर्ता 'belly' है, इसलिए क्रिया singular होनी चाहिए।
✗ She was suffering from belly ache since morning.
✓ She has had a bellyache since morning.
Since morning needs the present perfect, and ache takes the article a.
'Since morning' के साथ present perfect चाहिए, और ache के साथ article 'a' आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Belly, stomach and tummy name the same part, but differ in tone.
Belly, stomach और tummy एक ही अंग के नाम हैं, पर भाव अलग हैं।
The outer front of the body; informal and sometimes rude.
शरीर का बाहरी अगला हिस्सा; अनौपचारिक और कभी-कभी अशिष्ट।
- He patted his big belly.
The inner organ that digests food; also the neutral word for the area.
भोजन पचाने वाला भीतरी अंग; उस हिस्से के लिए तटस्थ शब्द भी।
- My stomach hurts.
A child's or friendly word for the stomach.
पेट के लिए बच्चों या स्नेह का शब्द।
- The baby has a tummy ache.
¶Idioms 1
fire in your belly / a fire in sb's belly
a strong inner determination and enthusiasm to succeed
भीतर की तीव्र लगन, कुछ कर दिखाने का जुनून
- Radhika had fire in her belly and cleared the exam on her second attempt.
- The coach wants players with a fire in their belly.
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Go belly up (informal, fail completely, especially a business).
Idiom 'go belly up' (अनौपचारिक, विशेषकर व्यापार का पूरी तरह विफल होना)।