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 Definitions of stomach  [ˈstʌm ək]  

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Definition of 'stomach' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) stomach
a saclike enlargement of the vertebrate alimentary canal, forming an organ for storing and partially digesting food.

2.  stomach
any analogous digestive cavity or tract in invertebrates.

3.  stomach
the part of the body containing the stomach; belly or abdomen.

4.  stomach
appetite for food.

5.  stomach
desire; inclination; liking:
I have no stomach for this trip.

6.  stomach
Obs.

7.  stomach
spirit; courage.

8.  stomach
pride; haughtiness.

9.  stomach
resentment; anger.

10. (v.t.) stomach
to endure or tolerate; bear.

11.  stomach
Obs. to be offended at; resent.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME < L stomachus gullet, stomach < Gk stómachos orig., opening; akin to stoma)

Definition of 'stomach' Princeton's WordNet 

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"


Definition of 'stomach' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) stomach
the organ into which food passes after you have eaten it
food digesting in the stomach

2.  stomach
the area of your body just below your chest
a fat stomach


Definition of 'stomach' Webster 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


Definition of 'stomach' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  stomach
An organ of digestion situated in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen between the termination of the ESOPHAGUS and the beginning of the DUODENUM.


Translation of 'stomach' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the bag-like organ in the body into which food passes when swallowed, and where most of it is digested.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: maag Arabic flag Arabic: كيس المَعِدَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: стомах
Brazilian flag Brazilian: estômago Czech flag Czech: žaludek German flag German: der Magen
Danish flag Danish: mavesæk Greek flag Greek: στομάχι Spanish flag Spanish: estómago
Estonian flag Estonian: magu Farsi flag Farsi: معده Finnish flag Finnish: vatsalaukku
French flag French: estomac Hebrew flag Hebrew: בֶּטֶן Hindi flag Hindi: आमाशय, पक्वाशय
Croatian flag Croatian: želudac Hungarian flag Hungarian: gyomor Indonesian flag Indonesian: lambung
Icelandic flag Icelandic: magi Italian flag Italian: stomaco Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean:  Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: skrandis Latvian flag Latvian: kuņģis
Malay flag Malay: perut Dutch flag Dutch: maag Norwegian flag Norwegian: magesekk
Polish flag Polish: żołądek Portuguese flag Portuguese: estômago Romanian flag Romanian: sto­mac
Russian flag Russian: желудок Slovak flag Slovak: žalúdok Slovenian flag Slovenian: želodec
Serbian flag Serbian: želudac Swedish flag Swedish: mage, magsäck Thai flag Thai: กระเพาะ
Turkish flag Turkish: mide Taiwanese flag Taiwanese:  Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: шлунок
Urdu flag Urdu: معدہ Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: dạ dày Chinese flag Chinese: 

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