stomach
v.
take into the stomach; endure, tolerate
n.
organ which digests food; abdominal region; appetite for food; desire
Stomach
Stomach
stomach
Noun
1. an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
(synonym) tummy, tum, breadbasket
(hypernym) internal organ, viscus
(hyponym) craw, crop
(part-holonym) alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract
(part-meronym) gastric artery, arteria gastrica
2. the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
(synonym) abdomen, venter, belly
(hypernym) body part
(hyponym) underbelly, underbody
(part-holonym) torso, trunk, body
(part-meronym) abdominal aorta
3. an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness; "he had no stomach for a fight"
(hypernym) inclination
4. an appetite for food; "exercise gave him a good stomach for dinner"
(hypernym) appetite, appetency, appetence
Verb
1. bear to eat; "He cannot stomach raw fish"
(hypernym) digest
2. 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"
(synonym) digest, endure, stick out, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
(hypernym) permit, allow, let, countenance
(hyponym) accept, live with, swallow
(verb-group) suffer
Stomach
(v. t.)
To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
(v. t.)
To bear without repugnance; to brook.
(v. i.)
To be angry.
(n.)
Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness.
(n.)
The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef.
(n.)
Pride; haughtiness; arrogance.
(n.)
Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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