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EMPTY-BELLIED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does empty-bellied mean?
• EMPTY-BELLIED (adjective)
The adjective EMPTY-BELLIED has 1 sense:
1. needing nourishment
Familiarity information: EMPTY-BELLIED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Needing nourishment
Synonyms:
empty; empty-bellied
Context example:
empty-bellied children
Similar:
hungry (feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food)
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