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belated
Belau
belay
belay plate
belay seat
belay station
belaying pin
belch
beldam
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belch

belch [ belch ] (past and past participle belched, present participle belch·ing, 3rd person present singular belch·es)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. release gas from mouth noisily: to let gas from the stomach out through the mouth, making a loud noise in the throat

2. send or come out visibly: to send out large amounts of steam, smoke, or gas, or come out of something in a thick cloud
chimneys belching smoke

[ Old English bealcettan, bælcan, perhaps < Germanic]

belch noun
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