belly vs break down

belly

verb
  • To cause to swell out; to fill. 

  • To swell and become protuberant; to bulge or billow. 

  • To position one’s belly; to move on one’s belly. 

noun
  • The stomach. 

  • The main curved portion of a knife blade. 

  • The abdomen, especially a fat one. 

  • The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part). 

  • The womb. 

  • The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back. 

  • The lower fuselage of an airplane. 

break down

verb
  • To collapse, physically or in structure. (unexpectedly) 

  • To demolish, to pull down. (intentionally) 

  • To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of. 

  • To (cause to) decay, to decompose. 

  • To cease to function. (others) 

  • To stop functioning. (machine, computer, vehicle) 

  • To fail, especially socially or for political reasons. 

  • To give in, relent, concede, or surrender. 

  • To render or to become weak and ineffective. 

  • To digest. 

  • To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally. 

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