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stomach Definition

stom·ach (stum′ək, -ik)

noun

    1. the large, saclike organ of vertebrates into which food passes from the esophagus or gullet for storage while undergoing the early processes of digestion
    2. any of the separate sections of such a digestive organ, as in ruminants, or all these sections collectively
  2. any enlarged storage portion of the digestive cavity, as in invertebrates
  3. the abdomen, or belly
  4. appetite for food
  5. desire or inclination of any kind
  6. Archaic character or disposition
  7. Obsolete
    1. spirit
    2. pride
    3. resentment

Etymology: ME stomak < OFr estomac < L stomachus, gullet, esophagus, stomach < Gr stomachos, throat, gullet < stoma, mouth: see stoma

transitive verb

  1. to be able to eat or digest
  2. to tolerate; bear; endure
  3. Obsolete to resent
stomach Synonyms

stomach

n.

paunch, belly, breadbasket; see abdomen.

stomach Usage Examples

Object

  • upset: Government advice is to peel apples for small children as residues can lead to stomach upsets.

Converse of object

  • irritate: Alcohol should be avoided, as steroids can irritate the stomach, and alcohol can compound this action.
  • rumble: I don't suffer from bloating and rumbling stomach any more.
  • upset: The ' Buddha ' died aged 80 of a stomach upset whilst reclining between two trees.
  • hurt: I have tried taking laxatives but they make my stomach hurt more.
  • fill: Our stomachs filled, we proceeded to the Courtyard, where all the cool people in Hereford hang out.
  • empty: Some anesthetists pass stomach tubes prior to induction of anesthesia to empty the stomach.

Adjective modifier

  • upset: Nor were the upset stomachs just a " bug " .
  • empty: Drinking on an empty stomach also increase the effect.
  • bloated: I dragged myself and my bloated stomach away from the market and helped a blind woman cross the road.
  • queasy: Bland foods, like crackers, slippery elm food and soda water are easier on queasy stomachs.
  • swollen: Florrie sniffs, sitting up in bed and nursing her swollen stomach.
  • dodgy: The 140km mark saw a return of the dodgy stomach.

Modifies a noun

  • cramp: During the night Hitler was attacked by stomach cramps of such intensity that he had to bite back his need to scream.
  • upset: Physical or mental symptoms may respond to simple remedies: stomach upset or constipation.
  • ulcer: About peptic ulcers An ulcer in the stomach is called a gastric or stomach ulcer.
  • ache: You may get stomach aches or not sleep properly.
  • churning: We feel those symbols churning within ourselves in somewhat the same way we feel our stomach churning.
  • lining: Strictly speaking, it is not correct to describe the drug as able 'to replace the stomach lining ' .

Preposition: in

  • knot: With your palms associated with hypoglycaemia stomachs in knots.
stomach Quotes

  Herat, 8 December. What a day it was! God save me from any more adventures on a drained stomach.

—Byron, Robert

An army marches on its stomach.

—Napoleon I

The rogue gives you Love Powders, and then a strong horse drench to bring 'em off your stomach that they mayn't hurt you.

—Lamb, Charles

Some physiologists will have it that the stomach is a mill;öothers, that it is a fermenting vat;öothers again that it is a stew-pan;öbut in my view of the matter, it is neither a mill, a fermenting vat, nor a stew-panöbut a stomach, gentlemen, a stomach.

—Hunter,William

Sum up my faults, I pray, and you shall find, That beauty, and gay clothes, a merry heart, And a good stomach to a feast, are all, All the poor crimes that you can charge me with.

—Webster,John

The healthy stomach is nothing if not conservative. Few radicals have good digestions.

—Butler, Samuel

I know that Ihavethe bodyof a weak and feeble woman, but I havetheheart and stomach of a kingöand a king of England too; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any Prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm.

—Elizabeth I

1. Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood. 2. If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. 3. Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gentlyas you move. 4.Go very light on vices such as carrying on in society. The social ramble ain't restful. 5. Avoid running at all times. 6. Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you.

—Paige, Satchel (Leroy Robert)

  He who drinks a tumbler of London Water has literally in his stomach more animated beings than there are men, Women and Children on the face of the globe.

—Smith, Rev Sydney

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Omnes nimirum, ex quo monachi sumus, infirmos stomachos habemus, et tam necessarium Apostoli de utendo vino consilium merito non negligimus. Modico, tamen quod ille praemissit, nescio cur praetermisso. Being monks, we all naturally have a weak stomach, and we therefore justly attend to the Apostle's advice to use wine. He adds, however, the words 'a little'; I can't think why I have omitted them.

—St Bernard of Clairvaux

Fame is a food that dead men eat, I have no stomach for such meat.

—Dobson, (Henry) Austin

The seat of this sensation is the pit of the stomach.

—Housman, A(lfred) E(dward)

You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.

—Saki pseudonym of  Hector Hugh Munro

   I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good; But sure I think that I can drink With him that wears a hood.

—Anonymous

There's many a one who would be idle if hunger didn't pinch him; but the stomach sets us to work.

—Eliot, George pseudonym of  MaryAnn Evans

The best thing to do right now is to throw a feed into her as the chances are that her stomach thinks her throat is cut.

—Runyon, (Alfred) Damon

Yo no digo por eso que el te¤   no sea saludable†cuando duelen las tripas†pero al cabo no pasa de ser agua caliente; so¤  lo pod|¤a habernos venido de Inglaterra, que como all |¤ son herejes, ni tendra¤  n vino, ni bueyes cebones. I'm not saying that tea is not healthy†when you have a stomach ache†but, all in all, it is only hot water; it could only come from the English, who, being heretics as they are, probably have no wine or good beer.

—Gorostiza, Manuel Eduardo de