Sekirov Dictionary

stomach

/ˈstʌmək/

noun 6
verb 4
forms 3
phrases 4

noun6

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a part inside the body that holds food after it is eaten and starts to break it down
- Our stomachs and livers have an enzyme known as alcohol dehydrogenase that breaks down ethanol to make it less toxic for our bodies, said Atlanta gastroenterologist Dr. Preston Stewart. — 2012
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The belly.
- Why did you hit me in the stomach?
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(figurative) A desire, an appetite (for something abstract).
- I have no stomach for a fight today.
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The part of a garment that covers a person's stomach.
- […] Mr. Sedley looking grand, with a crush opera-hat on one side of his head and his hand in the stomach of a voluminous white waistcoat. — 1847
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(no longer used) An appetite.
- You come not home because you have no stomach. / You have no stomach, having broke your fast. — 1594
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(no longer used) Pride, haughtiness.
- Sterne was his looke, and full of stomacke vaine, / His portaunce terrible, and stature tall […] — 1590

verb4

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To tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to stand or handle something.
- I really can’t stomach jobs involving that much paperwork, but some people seem to tolerate them.
- I can't stomach her cooking.
(no longer used) To be angry.
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(no longer used) To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
- O, my good lord, / Believe not all; or, if you must believe, / Stomach not all. — 1606
(no longer used) To turn the stomach of; to sicken or repel.

forms

stomached · stomaching · stomachs

Phrases with stomach

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