bellying
Curving out roundly
Bellying is the present participle of belly, used as a verb meaning to swell or bulge outward.
Sails belly in the wind; curtains belly into a room when a breeze catches them.
The image is of something filling out like a belly: The spinnaker was bellying beautifully as we rounded the mark.
Part extending outward
- distentionExpansion from internal pressure
- expansionIncrease in scope
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- pouchSmall flexible bag
paunch · overhang · bump · protuberance · enlargement · bloat · puffiness · ballooning
protrusion
Part extending outward
- distentionExpansion from internal pressure
- expansionIncrease in scope
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
pouch · paunch · overhang · bump · protuberance · enlargement · bloat · puffiness · ballooning · billowing
arc
Curved line segment
curvature · flexure · roundness · swoop · vault · billow · bowing · arching · sagging · drooping
mainsail
Principal vessel canvas
rigging · yacht · schooner · tacking · nautical · windward · leeward · canvas · filling · luffing
- sheep shearingshearer, shears, fleece, shearing shed, handpiece
- potterypot, pottery, clay pottery, throwing, ceramic vase
bellyingcaving in
Collapsing or surrendering
flattening · indenting · hollowing · deflating · denting
bellyingflattening
Reducing to evenness
deflating · contracting · tautening · compressing · shrinking
bellyingretracting
Withdrawing a statement
withdrawing · retreating · pulling in · sucking in · drawing in
- bellying upApproaching to stand against
belly, bellyache, bellies, bellied, bellyaching, bellyaches, belied, disembowel, bellyful