Definitions for stomach
ˈstʌm əkstom·ach

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stomach, tummy, tum, breadbasketnoun

   an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion

2. abdomen, venter, stomach, bellynoun

   the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

3. stomachnoun

   an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness

   "he had no stomach for a fight"

4. stomachverb

   an appetite for food

   "exercise gave him a good stomach for dinner"

5. stomachverb

   bear to eat

   "He cannot stomach raw fish"

6. digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put upverb

   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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stomachnoun

   An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.

2. stomachnoun

   The belly.

3. stomachnoun

   Pride, haughtiness.

4. stomachnoun

   Appetite.

5. stomachnoun

   Desire, appetite (for something abstract).

   I have no stomach for a fight today.

6. stomachverb

   To be able to tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to be able to stand or handle something.

7. Etymology: From stomak, from estomac, from stomachus, from στόμαχος, from στόμα. Displaced native Middle English mawe (from Old English maga), Middle English bouk (from Old English buc, see bucket).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. STOMACHnoun

   Etymology: estomach, French; stomachus, Latin.

   1. The ventricle in which food is digested.

   If you’re sick at sea,
   Or stomach qualm’d at land, a dram of this
   Will drive away distempter. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   This filthy simile, this beastly line,
   Quite turns my stomach. Alexander Pope.

   2. Appetite; desire of food.

   Tell me, what is’t that takes from thee
   Thy stomach, pleasure, and thy golden sleep? William Shakespeare.

   Will fortune never come with both hands full,
   But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
   She either gives a stomach, and no food,
   Such are the poor in health; or else a feast,
   And takes away the stomach; such the rich,
   That have abundance and enjoy it not. William Shakespeare, Hen. IV.

   As appetite or stomach to meat is a sign of health in the body, so is this hunger in the soul a vital quality, an evidence of some life of grace in the heart; whereas decay of appetite, and the no manner of stomach, is a most desperate prognostick. Henry Hammond.

   3. Inclination; liking.

   He which hath no stomach to this fight,
   Let him depart. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   The unusual distance of time made it subject to every man’s note, that it was an act against his stomach, and put upon him by necessity of state. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   The very trade went against his stomach. Roger L'Estrange.

   4. [ Stomachus, Latin.] Anger; resolution.

   Disdain he called was, and did disdain
   To be so call’d, and who so did him call:
   Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain,
   His portance terrible, and stature tall. Fairy Queen.

   Is’t near dinner-time? ———— I would it were,
   That you might kill your stomach on your meat,
   And not upon your maid. William Shakespeare, Two Gent. of Verona.

   Instead of trumpet and of drum,
   That makes the warrior’s stomach come. Samuel Butler.

   5. Sullenness; resentment.

   Some of the chiefest laity professed with greater stomach their judgments, that such a discipline was little better than popish tyranny disguised under a new form. Richard Hooker.

   Arius, a subtile witted and a marvellous fair-spoken man, was discontented that one should be placed before him in honour, whose superior he thought himself in desert, because through envy and stomach prone unto contradiction. Richard Hooker.

   They plainly saw, that when stomach doth strive with wit, the match is not equal. Richard Hooker.

   Whereby the ape in wond’rous stomach wox,
   Strongly encouraged by the crafty fox. Hubberd’s Tale.

   That nobles should such stomachs bear!
   I myself fight not once in forty year. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   It stuck in the camel’s stomach, that bulls should be armed with horns, and that a creature of his size should be left defenceless. Roger L'Estrange.

   Not courage but stomach that makes people break rather than they will bend. Roger L'Estrange.

   This sort of crying proceeding from pride, obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault lies, must be bent. John Locke.

   6. Pride; haughtiness.

   He was a man
   Of an unbounded stomach ever ranking
   Himself with princes. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

2. To Stomachverb

   To resent; to remember with anger and malignity.

   Etymology: stomachor, Latin.

   Believe not all; or, if you must believe,
   Stomach not all. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   Jonathan loved David, and the people applauded him; only Saul stomached him, and therefore hated him. Joseph Hall, Contempl.

   The lion began to shew his teeth, and to stomach the affront. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

3. To Stomachverb

   To be angry.

   Let a man, though never so justly, oppose himself unto those 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? Richard Hooker.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stomachnoun

   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. Stomachnoun

   the desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef

3. Stomachnoun

   hence appetite in general; inclination; desire

4. Stomachnoun

   violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness

5. Stomachnoun

   pride; haughtiness; arrogance

6. Stomachverb

   to resent; to remember with anger; to dislike

7. Stomachverb

   to bear without repugnance; to brook

8. Stomachverb

   to be angry

9. Etymology: [OE. stomak, F. estomac, L. stomachus, fr. Gr. sto`machos stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto`ma a mouth, any outlet or entrance.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stomach

   The stomach is a muscular, hollow, dilated part of the digestion system which functions as an important organ of the digestive tract in some animals, including vertebrates, echinoderms, insects, and molluscs. It is involved in the second phase of digestion, following mastication. The stomach is located between the esophagus and the small intestine. It secretes protein-digesting enzymes called protease and strong acids to aid in food digestion, through smooth muscular contortions before sending partially digested food to the small intestines. The word stomach is derived from the Latin stomachus which is derived from the Greek word stomachos, ultimately from stoma, "mouth". The words gastro- and gastric are both derived from the Greek word gaster.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stomach

   stum′ak, n. the strong muscular bag into which the food passes when swallowed, and where it is principally digested: the cavity in any animal for the digestion of its food: appetite, relish for food, inclination generally: disposition, spirit, courage, pride, spleen.—v.t. to brook or put up with: to turn the stomach of: to resent.—adj. Stom′achal.—ns. Stom′acher, a part of the dress covering the front of the body, generally forming the lower part of the bodice in front, sometimes richly ornamented: a large brooch; Stomach′ic, a medicine for the stomach.—adjs. Stomach′ic, -al, pertaining to the stomach: strengthening or promoting the action of the stomach; Stom′achous (Spens.), angry, stout, obstinate.—ns. Stom′ach-pump, a syringe with a flexible tube for withdrawing fluids from the stomach, or injecting them into it; Stom′ach-stag′gers, a disease in horses due to a paralytic affection of the stomach. [O. Fr. estomac—L. stomachus—Gr. stomachos, the throat, stomach—stoma, a mouth.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stomach

   An organ of the body of a human being or animal.

   The stomach is a facet of the body of an animal or human being.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 10, 2020  

Entomology(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stomach

   that portion of the alimentary canal, immediately following the gizzard and preceding the ileum, into which most of the digestive juices are poured = chylific ventricle.

Matched Categories

1. • Digest
   • Inclination
   • Permit

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'stomach' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3353

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'stomach' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3368

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'stomach' in Nouns Frequency: #1350

Anagrams for stomach »

1. Satchmo

How to pronounce stomach?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say stomach in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of stomach in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of stomach in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of stomach in a Sentence

1. Benjamin Hooks:

   I wish I could tell you every time I was on the highway and couldn’t use a restroom, my bladder is messed up because of that. Stomach is messed up from eating cold sandwiches.

2. Joy Starr:

   He was sick a lot, he's been sick a lot for a while. And he's still sick. He's having stomach issues. So I'm going to get him looked at and see if there's further damage. I don't know, I mean, because he got real sick. Fever every day for weeks. And stomach pain.

3. Ryohei Ochiai:

   This device predicts faecal excretion. The device goes on your stomach and uses ultrasonic waves to monitor your internal organs and sends the data to smartphones to be displayed.

4. Brigitte Zeitlin:

   Your stomach can't tell the difference between hunger and thirst.

5. Brittany Young:

   I got in the shower, not even five minutes after that, I was like, my stomach is still hurting. Not even five seconds (later), I had to push.

Popularity rank by frequency of use