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1. (noun) stomach, tummy, tum, breadbasket
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion

2. (noun) abdomen, venter, stomach, belly
the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

3. (noun) stomach
an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness
"he had no stomach for a fight"

4. (verb) stomach
an appetite for food
"exercise gave him a good stomach for dinner"

5. (verb) stomach
bear to eat
"He cannot stomach raw fish"

6. (verb) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
"I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

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Webster 1913 Dictionary

1. (noun) stomach
an enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric

2. (noun) stomach
the desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef

3. (noun) stomach
hence appetite in general; inclination; desire

4. (noun) stomach
violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness

5. (noun) stomach
pride; haughtiness; arrogance

6. (verb) stomach
to resent; to remember with anger; to dislike

7. (verb) stomach
to bear without repugnance; to brook

8. (verb) stomach
to be angry

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