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OXFORD DICTIONARY
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Belch

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Belch has 1 sense

belch(n = noun.act) belching, burp, burping, eructation - a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth; Array

is a kind of ejection, expulsion, forcing out, projection, inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex

Derived form verb belch₁

Verb Belch has 2 senses

belch(v = verb.body) bubble, burp, eruct - expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table"

is one way to breathe, emit, pass off

Derived form noun belch₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

belch(v = verb.change) erupt, extravasate - become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while"

is one way to burst, explode

Sample sentence:
Something ----s

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Belch, v. t. [OE. belken, AS. bealcan, akin to E. bellow. See Bellow, v. i.].

To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct. [1913 Webster]
"I belched a hurricane of wind." [1913 Webster]
To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent. [1913 Webster]
"Within the gates that now
Stood open wide, belching outrageous flame." [1913 Webster]

Belch, v. i.

To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate. [1913 Webster]
To issue with spasmodic force or noise. Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Belch, n.

The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation. [1913 Webster]
Malt liquor; -- vulgarly so called as causing eructation. Dennis. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Belch, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. emit wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
2 tr. a (of a chimney, volcano, gun, etc.) send (smoke etc.) out or up. b utter forcibly.
--n. an act of belching.

Etymology

OE belcettan

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THESAURUS

Belch

blare, blat, blow open, blow out, bray, break out, burp, burr, burst, burst forth, burst out, buzz, cackle, cascade, caw, chirr, clang, clangor, clank, clash, craunch, croak, crump, crunch, debouchment, discharge, disgorge, dissiliency, eject, eruct, eructate, eructation, erupt, eruption, expel, flare-up, gas, grind, groan, growl, grumble, gush, hiccup, hurl forth, irrupt, jangle, jar, jet, outbreak, outburst, rapids, rasp, rush, scranch, scrape, scratch, scrunch, snarl, snore, spate, spew, spout, spurt, torrent, twang, volcan, vomit, wind

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