The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.
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 lower fuselage of an airplane.
To swell and become protuberant; to bulge or billow.
To cause to swell out; to fill.
To position one’s belly; to move on one’s belly.
A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
A pothook.
A bishop's standard staff of office.
A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.
A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
To become bent or hooked.
To bend, or form into a hook.
Ill, sick.
Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
Annoyed, angry; upset.