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Stomach

//ˈstʌmək// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion. countable, uncountable

    "Our stomachs and livers have an enzyme known as alcohol dehydrogenase that breaks down ethanol to make it less toxic for our bodies, said Atlanta gastroenterologist Dr. Preston Stewart."

  2. 2
    an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion wordnet
  3. 3
    The belly. countable, informal, uncountable

    "Why did you hit me in the stomach?"

  4. 4
    the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis wordnet
  5. 5
    Pride, haughtiness. obsolete, uncountable

    "Sterne was his looke, and full of stomacke vaine, / His portaunce terrible, and stature tall […]"

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  1. 6
    an appetite for food wordnet
  2. 7
    An appetite. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "a good stomach for roast beef"

  3. 8
    an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness wordnet
  4. 9
    A desire, an appetite (for something abstract). countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "I have no stomach for a fight today."

  5. 10
    The part of a garment that covers a person's stomach. countable, uncountable

    "[…] Mr. Sedley looking grand, with a crush opera-hat on one side of his head and his hand in the stomach of a voluminous white waistcoat."

Verb
  1. 1
    To tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to stand or handle something. transitive

    "I really can’t stomach jobs involving that much paperwork, but some people seem to tolerate them."

  2. 2
    put up with something or somebody unpleasant wordnet
  3. 3
    To be angry. intransitive, obsolete

    "Let a man, though never so justly, oppose himself unto them that are disordered in their ways; and what one amongst them commonly doth not stomach at such contradiction, storm at reproof, and hate such as would reform them?"

  4. 4
    bear to eat wordnet
  5. 5
    To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike. obsolete, transitive

    "O, my good lord, / Believe not all; or, if you must believe, / Stomach not all."

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  1. 6
    To turn the stomach of; to sicken or repel. obsolete, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English stomak, from Old French estomac, from Latin stomachus, from Ancient Greek στόμαχος (stómakhos), from στόμα (stóma, “mouth”). Largely displaced native Old English maga, whence Modern English maw.

Etymology 2

From Middle English stomak, from Old French estomac, from Latin stomachus, from Ancient Greek στόμαχος (stómakhos), from στόμα (stóma, “mouth”). Largely displaced native Old English maga, whence Modern English maw.

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