womb /wuːm/noun 5verb 1forms 3 noun5 •In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.I danced myself right out the womb / Is it strange to dance so soon? — 1971 •(figurative) A place where something is made or formed.The womb of earth the genial seed receives. — 1697 •Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.The centre spike of gold Which burns deep in the blue-bell's womb. — 1855 •(no longer used) The abdomen or stomach.And his hede, hym semed,was enamyled with asure, and his shuldyrs shone as the golde, and his wombe was lyke mayles of a merveylous hew[…]. — 1889 •(no longer used) The stomach of a person or creature. verb1 •(no longer used) To enclose in a womb, or as if in a womb; to breed or hold in secret. formswombed · wombing · wombs
