Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
belam |
verb t. |
To beat or bang. |
belay |
verb t. |
To lay on or cover; to adorn., To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel., To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct. |
belch |
verb i. |
To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct., To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent., To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate., To issue with spasmodic force or noise., The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation., Malt liquor; — vulgarly so called as causing eructation. |
belee |
verb t. |
To place under the lee, or unfavorably to the wind. |
belie |
noun |
To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood., To give a false representation or account of., To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander., To mimic; to counterfeit., To fill with lies. |
belle |
noun |
A young lady of superior beauty and attractions; a handsome lady, or one who attracts notice in society; a fair lady. |
belly |
noun |
That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen., The under part of the body of animals, corresponding to the human belly., The womb., The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part; as, the belly of a flask, muscle, sail, ship., The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back., To cause to swell out; to fill., To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge. |
below |
preposition |
Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee., Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality., Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath., In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath., On the earth, as opposed to the heavens., In hell, or the regions of the dead., In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below., In some part or page following. |