Stomach Definition

stŭmək

stomachs

noun

stomachs

The large, saclike organ of vertebrates into which food passes from the esophagus or gullet for storage while undergoing the early processes of digestion.

Webster's New World

Any of the separate sections of such a digestive organ, as in ruminants, or all these sections collectively.

Webster's New World

Any enlarged storage portion of the digestive cavity, as in invertebrates.

Webster's New World

Any of the four compartments into which the stomach of a ruminant is divided.

American Heritage Medicine

The abdomen, or belly.

Webster's New World

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verb

To be able to eat or digest.

Webster's New World

To tolerate; bear; endure.

Webster's New World

To resent.

Webster's New World

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.

Wiktionary

Milton.

The Parliament sit in that body [...] to be his counsellors and dictators, though he stomach it.

Wiktionary

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Antonyms:
reject
refuse

idiom

on a full (<i>or</i> an empty) stomach

after having consumed much (or little or no) food or drink

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Stomach

Noun

Singular:

stomach

Plural:

stomachs

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Stomach

on a full (or an empty) stomach

Origin of Stomach

From Middle English stomak, from Old French estomac, from Latin stomachus, from Ancient Greek στόμαχος (stomakhos), from στόμα (stoma, “mouth"). Displaced native Middle English mawe (“stomach, maw") (from Old English maga), Middle English bouk, buc (“belly, stomach") (from Old English buc (“belly, stomach"), see bucket).

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French stomaque, estomac from Latin stomachus from Greek stomakhos gullet from stoma mouth

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition