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belch

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbelchbelch /beltʃ/ verb 1 [intransitive]MI to let air from your stomach come out loudly through your mouth SYN burp2 (also belch out) [intransitive, transitive]SEND to send out a large amount of smoke, flames etc, or to come out of something in large amounts a line of chimneys belching out smoke Flames belched from the wreckage. —belch noun [countable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusbelch• Pressed against me, the women stitched, blew snot out of their noses, spat and belched.• Offshore a small tug belched black smoke as she struggled to pull a string of barges.• smokestacks belching black smoke into the air• Cranston was now quietly nodding, belching softly and smacking his lips.Origin belch Old English bealcian
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Verb table
belch
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, theybelch
he, she, itbelches
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, theybelched
Present perfect
I, you, we, theyhave belched
he, she, ithas belched
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad belched
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill belch
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have belched
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Continuous Form
Present
Iam belching
he, she, itis belching
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you, we, theyare belching
Past
I, he, she, itwas belching
you, we, theywere belching
Present perfect
I, you, we, theyhave been belching
he, she, ithas been belching
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been belching
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be belching
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been belching
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