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Search phrase: belly

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As You Like ItAYL II.vii.155In fair round belly, with good capon lined,In faire round belly, with good Capon lin'd,
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.197So you may put a man in your belly.So you may put a man in your belly.
CoriolanusCor I.i.95Rebelled against the belly, thus accused it:Rebell'd against the Belly; thus accus'd it:
CoriolanusCor I.i.103Of the whole body. The belly answered – Of the whole body, the Belly answer'd.
CoriolanusCor I.i.104Well, sir, what answer made the belly?Well sir, what answer made the Belly.
CoriolanusCor I.i.107For look you, I may make the belly smileFor looke you I may make the belly Smile,
CoriolanusCor I.i.119Should by the cormorant belly be restrainedShould by the Cormorant belly be restrain'd,
CoriolanusCor I.i.122.1What could the belly answer?What could the Belly answer?
CoriolanusCor I.i.126Your most grave belly was deliberate,Your most graue Belly was deliberate,
CoriolanusCor I.i.139You, my good friends, this says the belly, mark me – (You my good Friends, this sayes the Belly) marke me.
CoriolanusCor I.i.146The senators of Rome are this good belly,The Senators of Rome, are this good Belly,
CymbelineCym II.i.20every Jack-slave hath his bellyful of fighting, and Ieuery Iacke-Slaue hath his belly full of Fighting, and I
Henry IV Part 11H4 II.iv.441pudding in his belly, that reverend Vice, that grey Iniquity,Pudding in his Belly, that reuerend Vice, that grey iniquitie,
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.iii.48'Sblood, I would my face were in your belly!I would my Face were in your Belly.
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.ii.148fellow with the great belly, and he my dog.Fellow with the great belly, and he my Dogge.
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.ii.184an increasing belly? Is not your voice broken, your windan incresing belly? Is not your voice broken? your winde
Henry IV Part 22H4 I.ii.190round belly. For my voice, I have lost it with hallooing,round belly. For my voice, I haue lost it with hallowing
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.i.73put all my substance into that fat belly of his – but Iput all my substance into that fat belly of his: but I
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.206a shrewd thrust at your belly.made a shrewd Thrust at your Belly.
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.iii.18I have a whole school of tongues in this bellyI haue a whole Schoole of tongues in this belly
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.iii.20word but my name. An I had but a belly of anyword but my name: and I had but a belly of any
Henry VH5 IV.viii.63mettle enough in his belly. Hold, there is twelve pencemettell enough in his belly: Hold, there is twelue-pence
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.iii.20So, underneath the belly of their steeds,So vnderneath the belly of their Steeds,
King Edward IIIE3 III.iii.155For what's this Edward but a belly god ,For whats this Edward but a belly god,
King LearKL III.ii.14Rumble thy bellyful! Spit, fire! Spout, rain!Rumble thy belly full: spit Fire, spowt Raine:
King LearKL III.vi.30nightingale. Hoppedance cries in Tom's belly for two
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.674in her belly already. 'Tis yours.in her belly alreadie: tis yours.
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.688Ay, if 'a have no more man's blood in his bellyI, if a'haue no more mans blood in's belly,
Measure for MeasureMM IV.iii.153head fill my belly; one fruitful meal would set me to't.head fill my belly. One fruitful Meale would set mee too't:
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.v.35Negro's belly. The Moor is with child by you,Negroes bellie: the Moore is with childe by you
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW I.iii.57sometimes my portly belly.sometimes my portly belly.
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW II.i.60with so many tuns of oil in his belly, ashore at Windsor?(with so many Tuns of oyle in his belly) a'shoare at Windsor?
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.v.34was thrown into the ford. I have my belly full of ford.was thrown into the Ford; I haue my belly full of Ford.
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW V.v.139Seese is not good to give putter. Your belly is allSeese is not good to giue putter; your belly is al
PericlesPer II.i.40me too, and when I had been in his belly I would havemee too, / And when I had been in his belly, I would haue
The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.i.7heart in my belly, ere I should come by a fire to thaw me. heart in my belly, ere l should come by a fire to thaw me,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.ii.260Upon my back to defend my belly; upon myVpon my backe, to defend my belly; vpon my
Troilus and CressidaTC II.i.72Ajax, who wears his wit in his belly, and his guts in hisAiax who wears his wit in his belly, and his guttes in his
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.204No barricado for a belly. Know't:No Barricado for a Belly. Know't,

Poems

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Venus and AdonisVen.594 He on her belly falls, she on her back. He on her belly fall's, she on her backe.

Glossary

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bellywomb, uterus
belly doubletdoublet with the lower part padded
belly-godsomeone who makes a god of the belly, guzzler
belly-pinchedpinched with hunger, starving
great-bellywith lower part padded
mawbelly, stomach; throat, gullet
rim[rim of the belly] midriff, paunch, diaphragm
thin-bellywith lower part unpadded
wombbelly, paunch

Thesaurus

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bellywomb
bellymaw
belly, someone who makes a god of thebelly-god

Themes and Topics

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Discourse markers... be it concluded / no barricado for a belly to sum up few in h5 i ii...
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Verb forms
Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)... i was born [with] something a round belly kl i i 20 [gloucester to kent of edmun...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BELLIEDBASICsee BELLY
BELLYBASICbelly adj, belly n, belly v
BELLYSIZEbig-bellied adj, gorbellied adj, great-bellied adj, great-belly adj, swag-bellied adj
BELLYSTATEbellyful n, belly-pinched adj
GORBELLIEDBASICsee BELLY

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