Belly Definition–noun | 1. | the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen. | | 2. | the stomach with its adjuncts. | | 3. | appetite or capacity for food; gluttony. | | 5. | the inside or interior of anything: the belly of a ship. | | 6. | a protuberant or bulging surface of anything: the belly of a flask. | | 7. | Anatomy. the fleshy part of a muscle. | | 8. | the front, inner, or under surface or part, as distinguished from the back. | | 9. | the front surface of a violin or similar instrument. | | 10. | a bulge on a vertical surface of fresh concrete. | | 11. | the underpart of the fuselage of an airplane. | –verb (used with object) | 12. | to fill out; swell: Wind belli
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ed the sails. | –verb (used without object) | 13. | to swell out: Sails bellying in the wind. | | 14. | to crawl on one's belly: soldiers bellying through a rice paddy. | —Verb phrase | 15. | belly up, Informal. | a. | to approach closely, esp. until one is in physical contact: to belly up to a bar. | | b. | to curry favor from: Would you have gotten the prom
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otion if you hadn't bellied up to the boss? | | —Idiom | 16. | go or turn belly up, Informal. to come to an end; die; fail: After years of barely surviving on donations, the neighborhood social club finally went belly up. | | From Dictionary
Button Definition–noun
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| 1. | a small disk, knob, or the like for sewing or otherwise attaching to an article, as of clothing, serving as a fastening when passed through a buttonhole or loop. | | 2. | anything resembling a button, esp. in being small and round, as any of various candies, ornaments, tags, identification badges, reflectors, markers, etc. | | 3. | a badge or emblem bearing a name, slogan, identifying figure, etc., for wear on the lapel, dress, etc.: campaign buttons. | | 4. | any small knob or disk pressed to activate an electric circuit, release a spring, or otherwise operate or open a machine, small door, toy, etc. | | 5. | Botany. a bud or other protuberant part of a plant. | | 6. | Mycology. | a. | a young or undeveloped mushroom. | | b. | any protuberant part of a fungus. | | | 7. | Zoology. any of various small parts or structures resembling a button, as the rattle at the tip of the tail in a very young rattlesnake. | | 8. | Boxing Informal. the point of the chin. | | 9. | Also called turn button. a fastener for a door, window, etc., having two arms and rotating on a pivot that is attached to the frame. | | 10. | Metallurgy. (in assaying) a small globule or lump of metal at the bottom of a crucible after fusion. | | 11. | Fencing. the protective, blunting knob fixed to the point of a foil. | | 12. | Horology. crown (def. 19). | | 13. | Computers. (in a graphical user interface) any of the small, labeled areas upon which the user can click with a mouse to choose an option. | –verb (used with object) | 14. | to fasten with a button or buttons: She quickly buttoned her coat. | | 15. | to insert (a button) in a buttonhole or loop: He buttoned the top button of his shirt. | | 16. | to provide (something) with a button or buttons. | –verb (used without object) | 17. | to be capable of being buttoned: This coat buttons, but that one zips. | —Idioms | 18. | button up, Informal. | a. | Also, button one's lip. to become or keep silent. | | b. | to fasten securely; close up: Within a short time, everything on the submarine was buttoned up. | | c. | to fasten fully or put on, esp. an outer garment: Button up before going out. | | d. | to complete successfully; finish: The report is all buttoned up. | | | 19. | have all one's buttons, Informal. to be mentally competent, alert, and sane; have all one's wits: At 106 she still has all her buttons. | | 20. | on the button, Informal. exactly as desired, expected, specified, etc.: The prediction for snow was right on the button. | | From Dictionary
Piercing Definition–adjecti
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ve | 1. | loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice. | | 2. | extremely cold or bitter: a piercing wind. | | 3. | appearing to gaze deeply or penetratingly into something: piercing eyes. | | 4. | perceptive or aware; acute: a piercing mind. | | 5. | sarcastic or caustic; cutting: piercing remarks. | | From Dictionary
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