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stomach
[ stuhm-uhk ]
noun
- Anatomy, Zoology.
- a saclike enlargement of the alimentary canal, as in humans and certain animals, forming an organ for storing, diluting, and digesting food.
- such an organ or an analogous portion of the alimentary canal when divided into two or more sections or parts.
- any one of these sections.
- Zoology. any analogous digestive cavity or tract in invertebrates.
- the part of the body containing the stomach; belly or abdomen.
- appetite for food.
- desire, inclination, or liking:
I have no stomach for this trip.
- Obsolete.
- spirit; courage.
- pride; haughtiness.
- resentment; anger.
verb (used with object)
- to endure or tolerate (someone or something):
I can't stomach your constant nagging.
Synonyms: countenance, abide, stand, bear
- Obsolete. to be offended at or resent.
stomach
/ ˈstʌmək /
noun
- (in vertebrates) the enlarged muscular saclike part of the alimentary canal in which food is stored until it has been partially digested and rendered into chyme gastric
- the corresponding digestive organ in invertebrates
- the abdominal region
- desire, appetite, or inclination
I have no stomach for arguments
- See temperan archaic word for temper
- See pridean obsolete word for pride
verb
- to tolerate; bear
I can't stomach his bragging
- to eat or digest
he cannot stomach oysters
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stomach1
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Idioms and Phrases
see butterflies in one's stomach ; can't stand (stomach) the sight of ; eyes are bigger than one's stomach ; no stomach for ; sick to one's stomach ; turn one's stomach .Discover More
Example Sentences
Instead, the Regimbartia attenuata will travel down the frog’s throat, swim through the stomach and slide along the intestines.
Despite this added security, you can still try your luck lying down on your stomach and holding on tightly to the handles at the top of the tube—if you dare.
Sometimes when you’re out there, you have to tie yourself to rocks and crawl around on your stomach to keep from getting blown away.
This stomach is a “kind of a fossil within a fossil,” says paleontologist Caleb Brown.
A newly analyzed fossil stomach reveals what a dino had dined on shortly before it died.
Is there a more dreadful sensation than that of your stomach wringing itself out like a washcloth?
I am fortunate that I have never been deathly ill, but whenever I have the stomach flu, I most certainly feel like I am dying.
Kanye refuses to stomach any rejection, no matter how upper crust.
Against this backdrop, Paul breaking bread with Sharpton may be too much for Republican primary voters to watch or stomach.
“I would recommend ginger tea first thing in the morning as a great way to ward off an upset stomach,” says White.
(b) Diseases of the stomach associated with deficient hydrochloric acid, as chronic gastritis and gastric cancer.
Then she would turn him over on his back and paddle his stomach with a ladle to make sure that he was well filled!
Since he died from cancer in the stomach, he could retain very little food.
When a malarious person is bitten by a mosquito, the gametes are taken with the blood into its stomach.
If it be suspected that the stomach will not be empty, it should be washed out with water the evening before.
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