Explore Bellying through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like bellied or bulbous. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bellying meaning
present participle and gerund of belly
Using Bellying
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of belly
- Useful related words include: bellied, bulbous, bulging, bulgy.
- In the example corpus, bellying often appears in combinations such as: bellying up.
Context around Bellying
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 1 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bellying
- In this selection, "bellying" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, yet stand out and add context to how "bellying" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include better than bellying up to and living yet bellying up to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bellying" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bellying
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Is there anything better than bellying up to the side of a big truck and ordering your lunch? (18 words)
One irony of the island is that it's come to epitomize casual living, yet bellying up to one isn't always easy or comfortable. (25 words)
One irony of the island is that it's come to epitomize casual living, yet bellying up to one isn't always easy or comfortable. (25 words)
Is there anything better than bellying up to the side of a big truck and ordering your lunch? (18 words)
Is there anything better than bellying up to the side of a big truck and ordering your lunch? (18 words)
Example sentences (2)
Is there anything better than bellying up to the side of a big truck and ordering your lunch?
One irony of the island is that it's come to epitomize casual living, yet bellying up to one isn't always easy or comfortable.
Common combinations with bellying
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bellying up 2×