stomach

stomach

cutaway of an adult human stomach

stom·ach

 (stŭm′ək)

n.

1.

a. The enlarged, saclike portion of the digestive tract, one of the principal organs of digestion, located in vertebrates between the esophagus and the small intestine.

b. A similar digestive structure of many invertebrates.

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

2. The abdomen or belly.

3. An appetite for food.

4. A desire or inclination, especially for something difficult or unpleasant: had no stomach for quarrels.

5. Courage; spirit.

6. Obsolete Pride.

tr.v. stom·ached, stom·ach·ing, stom·achs

1. To bear; tolerate.

2. Obsolete To resent.

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[Middle English, from Old French stomaque, estomac, from Latin stomachus, from Greek stomakhos, gullet, from stoma, mouth.]

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stomach

(ˈstʌmək)

n

1. (Anatomy) (in vertebrates) the enlarged muscular saclike part of the alimentary canal in which food is stored until it has been partially digested and rendered into chyme.

2. (Zoology) the corresponding digestive organ in invertebrates

3. the abdominal region

4. desire, appetite, or inclination: I have no stomach for arguments.

5. an archaic word for temper

6. an obsolete word for pride

vb (tr; used mainly in negative constructions)

7. to tolerate; bear: I can't stomach his bragging.

8. (Physiology) to eat or digest: he cannot stomach oysters.

[C14: from Old French stomaque, from Latin stomachus (believed to be the seat of the emotions), from Greek stomakhos, from stoma mouth]

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stom•ach

(ˈstʌm ək)

n.

1. a saclike enlargement of the vertebrate alimentary canal, forming an organ for storing and partially digesting food.

2. any analogous digestive cavity or tract in invertebrates.

3. the part of the body containing the stomach; belly or abdomen.

4. appetite for food.

5. desire; inclination; liking: I have no stomach for this trip.

6. Obs.

a. spirit; courage.

b. pride; haughtiness.

c. resentment; anger.

v.t.

7. to endure or tolerate; bear.

8. Obs. to be offended at; resent.

[1300–50; Middle English < Latin stomachus gullet, stomach < Greek stómachos orig., opening; akin to stoma]

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stom·ach

(stŭm′ək)

1. A sac-like, muscular organ in vertebrate animals that stores food and is a main organ of digestion. It is located between the esophagus and the small intestine.

2. A similar digestive structure of many invertebrates.

3. Any of the four compartments into which the stomach of a ruminant is divided; the rumen, reticulum, omasum, or abomasum.

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Stomach

 

See Also: BODY, FATNESS, SHAPE, THINNESS

1. A beer gut like a beach ball —Rick Borsten
2. A belly like a huge alabaster bowl —Paule Marshall
3. Belly like a meadow —John D. MacDonald
4. Belly … round as a tub —Will Weaver
5. Belly stuck out like a full moon —Carlos Baker
6. (My soft) belly that hangs over my shorts like the cap of a mushroom —Ira Wood
7. Belly tight as a drumhead —George Garrett
8. Big belly all puffed out in front like he took a tube in the morning and blew it up as far as it would go —George Garrett
9. A big belly that hung over his pants like a melon —Gloria Norris
10. Carried his paunch like something stolen and badly hidden beneath his shirt —John Irving
11. Her belly looked like a balloon —Tony Ardizzone
12. Her [pregnant] belly rises, tight as a beach ball —François Camoin
13. Her belly split like a backside by her caesarian scar —Alice McDermott
14. His abdomen looked like the carapace of a lobster, all rock-hard, etched, and segmented musculature —Jonathan Valin
15. His gut protruded like a basketball pumped to maximum pressure per square inch —Sue Grafton
16. The jowls of his belly crawl and swell like the sea —Karl Shapiro

    This vivid simile is the opening line of a poem entitled The Glutton.

17. Stomach … hard as a cord of wood —Richard Ford
18. Stomach hard as a washboard —Cynthia Ozick
19. Stomach [of pregnant woman] like a globe —Ruth McLaughlin
20. Tight potbelly like a swallowed ball —Peter Matthiessen

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stomach

Past participle: stomached
Gerund: stomaching

Imperative

stomach

stomach

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stomach

A muscular bag-like part of the alimentary canal between the esophagus and small intestine. It stores and churns food and produces gastric juice, which partly digests food and kills germs.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stomach - an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion tum, tummy, breadbasket craw, crop - a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food first stomach, rumen - the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing second stomach, reticulum - the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant omasum, psalterium, third stomach - the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant abomasum, fourth stomach - the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place internal organ, viscus - a main organ that is situated inside the body arteria gastrica, gastric artery - the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach gastric vein, vena gastrica - one of several veins draining the stomach walls gastroepiploic vein, gastroomental vein, vena gastroomentalis - one of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach epigastric fossa, pit of the stomach - a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus) alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract - tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
	2.	stomach - the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis abdomen, belly, venter body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity abdominal aorta - a branch of the descending aorta arteria colica, colic artery - arteries that supply blood to the colon hypochondrium - the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium bowel, gut, intestine - the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" belly button, bellybutton, navel, omphalos, omphalus, umbilicus - a scar where the umbilical cord was attached; "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton" abdominal, abdominal muscle, ab - the muscles of the abdomen underbody, underbelly - the soft belly or underside of an animal's body abdominal cavity, abdomen - the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm abdominal wall - a wall of the abdomen
	3.	stomach - an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness; "he had no stomach for a fight" inclination - that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music"
	4.	stomach - an appetite for food; "exercise gave him a good stomach for dinner" appetence, appetency, appetite - a feeling of craving something; "an appetite for life"; "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks
Verb	1.	stomach - bear to eat; "He cannot stomach raw fish" digest - convert food into absorbable substances; "I cannot digest milk products"
	2.	stomach - 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" brook, endure, tolerate, abide, bear, digest, stick out, suffer, put up, stand, support live with, swallow, accept - tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" hold still for, stand for - tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!" bear up - endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain" take lying down - suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively; "I won't take this insult lying down" take a joke - listen to a joke at one's own expense; "Can't you take a joke?" sit out - endure to the end pay - bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later" countenance, permit, allow, let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" suffer - experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"

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stomach

noun

1. belly, inside(s) (informal), gut (informal), abdomen, tummy (informal), puku (N.Z.) My stomach is completely full.

2. tummy, pot, spare tyre (informal), paunch, belly, breadbasket (slang), potbelly This exercise strengthens the stomach, buttocks and thighs.

3. inclination, taste, desire, appetite, relish, mind They have no stomach for a fight.

verb

1. bear, take, tolerate, suffer, endure, swallow, hack (slang), abide, put up with (informal), submit to, reconcile or resign yourself to I could never stomach the cruelty involved in the wounding of animals.

2. keep down, swallow, digest, manage to eat, find palatable It's specially developed for those who can't stomach natural fish oil.

sick to your stomach distressed, upset, disturbed, worried, troubled, dismayed, grieved, frantic, hassled (informal), agitated, disquieted, overwrought She felt sick to her stomach just thinking about it.

turn your stomach sicken, disgust, revolt, repel, nauseate, gross out (U.S. slang), make your gorge rise The true facts will turn your stomach.

Related words
adjective gastric

Proverbs
"An army marches on its stomach"
"The way to a man's heart is through his stomach"

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stomach

noun

A desire for food or drink:

appetite, hunger, taste, thirst.

verb

To put up with:

abide, accept, bear, brook, endure, go, stand (for), suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, tolerate, withstand.

Informal: lump.

Idioms: take it, take it lying down.

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Translations

بَطْن، مَعِدَهكيس المَعِدَهمَعِدَة

žaludekbřicho

mavemavesækbug

MagenBauchverdauen

στομάχιχωνεύωμπρούμυτα

estómagobarrigavientre

mahavatsa

ventreestomactolérerbedonbidon

בטןקיבה

अमाशय

stomaktrbuhželudac

gyomorhas

magikviîur

stomacoventricolopanciasopportare

胃

위

skrandis

kuņģisvēders

maagbuik

magemagesekkbuk

żołądek

estômagobarriga

желудокживот

žalúdok

trebuhželodec

magebuk

ท้อง

midekarın

dạ dày

胃腹部

stomach

[ˈstʌmək]

A. N

1. (= organ) → estómago m
I've got a pain in my stomach → me duele el estómago, tengo dolor de estómago
it turns my stomach (lit, fig) → me revuelve el estómago
he had an upset stomach → tenía el estómago revuelto
to have no stomach for sth he had no stomach for another argument with them → no se sentía con ánimos para tener otra discusión con ellos
they have no stomach for the fight → no tienen agallas para luchar
an army marches on its stomach → la marcha de un ejército depende del contenido de los estómagos de sus soldados
see also empty A1
see also full A7
see also sick A4

2. (= belly) → barriga f
to hold one's stomach in → meter estómago
to lie on one's stomach → estar tumbado boca abajo
I always sleep on my stomach → siempre duermo boca abajo

B. VT

1. (lit) [+ food] → tolerar

2. (fig) → aguantar, soportar
I can't stomach the thought of him cheating on her → no aguanto or soporto la idea de que la esté engañando
it was more than I could stomach → era inaguantable or insoportable

C. CPD stomach ache N → dolor m de estómago, dolor m de barriga
stomach cramps NPL → retortijones mpl de barriga
stomach disorder N → trastorno m estomacal
stomach lining N → membrana f que recubre las paredes del estómago
stomach muscle N → músculo m del abdomen
stomach pump N → bomba f gástrica
stomach ulcer N → úlcera f gástrica
stomach upset N → trastorno m estomacal
to have a stomach upset → tener un trastorno estomacal
stomach wall N → pared f del estómago
stomach wound N → herida f estomacal

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stomach

[ˈstʌmək]

n

(= organ) → estomac m
on an empty stomach → le ventre vide

(= abdomen) → ventre m
to be lying on one's stomach → être allongé(e) sur le ventre

modif [acid, upset] → gastrique; [complaint, cramps, pain] → d'estomac; [muscle] → de l'estomac

vt → digérerstomach ache stomach-ache [ˈstʌməkeɪk] n → maux mpl d'estomac
I have stomach ache → J'ai mal au ventre.stomach pump n → pompe f stomacalestomach ulcer n → ulcère m à l'estomac

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

stomach

n (= abdomen) → Magen m; (= belly, paunch) → Bauch m; (fig: = appetite) → Lust f (→ for auf +acc), → Interesse nt (→ for an +dat); to lie on one’s stomach → auf dem Bauch liegen; hold your stomach in → zieh den Bauch ein!; to have a pain in one’s stomach → Magen-/Bauchschmerzen haben; to hit somebody in the stomach → jdn in die Magengrube/Bauchgegend schlagen or (bullet etc) → treffen; on an empty stomach (drink, take medicine etc) → auf leeren or nüchternen Magen; on an empty/full stomach (swim, drive etc) → mit leerem or nüchternem/vollem Magen; an army marches on its stomach (prov) → mit leerem Magen kann man nichts Ordentliches zustande or zu Stande bringen; I feel sick to my stomach (fig) → mir ist speiübel; I have no stomach for that → das ist mir zuwider; (for party, journey etc) → mir ist nicht danach (zumute); he doesn’t have the stomach for it (= guts) → dazu hat er nicht den Mumm (inf); to have a strong stomach → eine guten Magen haben

vt (inf) behaviour, rudeness, cruelty → vertragen; person, film, music etc → ausstehen

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stomach

in cpds → Magen-;

stomach ache

n → Magenschmerzen pl

stomach pump

n → Magenpumpe f

stomach trouble

n → Magenbeschwerden pl

stomach upset

n → Magenverstimmung f

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stomach

[ˈstʌmək]

1. n (gen) → stomaco; (abdomen) → ventre m
it turns my stomach → mi rivolta lo stomaco
they have no stomach for a fight (fig) → non hanno il fegato di battersi

2. vt (fig) (fam) → sopportare, digerire

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

stomach

(ˈstamək) noun

1. the bag-like organ in the body into which food passes when swallowed, and where most of it is digested. maag كيس المَعِدَه стомах estômago žaludek der Magen mavesæk στομάχιestómago magu معده vatsalaukku estomacבטן आमाशय, पक्वाशय želudac gyomor lambung magi stomaco 胃 위 skrandis kuņģis perut maagmagesekkżołądekestômago sto­mac желудок žalúdok želodec želudac mage, magsäck กระเพาะ mide 胃 шлунок معدہ dạ dày 胃

2. the part of the body between the chest and thighs; the belly. a pain in the stomach. maag بَطْن، مَعِدَه корем barriga břicho der Bauch mave στομάχιbarriga kõht شكم vatsa ventreבטן पेट, उदर trbuh gyomor perut kviður pancia 腹部 배, 복부 pilvas vēders perut buikmagebrzuchbarriga burtă живот brucho trebuh stomak mage ท้อง karın 腹部 живіт پیٹ bụng 腹部

ˈstomach-ache noun

a pain in the belly. maagpyn أَلَم في المَعِدَه стомашна болка dor de barriga bolení břicha die Magenschmerzen (pl.) mavepine στομαχόπονος dolor de barriga kõhuvalu شكم درد vatsakipu mal de ventre כְּאֵב בֶּטֶן पेट दर्द bol u želucu gyomorfájás sakit perut magaverkur/-pína mal di stomaco/pancia 腹痛 위통 pilvo skausmas vēdergraizes; sāpes vēderā sakit perut buikpijn vondt i magen ból brzucha dor de barriga durere de burtă боль в животе bolenie brucha bolečine v želodcu stomakobolja magont อาการปวดท้อง mide/karın ağrısı 胃痛 біль у животі پیٹ درد đau bụng, dạ dày 胃痛

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stomach

→ مَعِدَة žaludek mave Magen στομάχι estómago maha estomac trbuh stomaco 胃 위 maag mage żołądek estômago желудок mage ท้อง mide dạ dày 胃

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stom·ach

n. estómago, órgano en forma de saco que forma parte del tubo digestivo;

on an empty ___ → en ayunas;

___ -ache → dolor de ___;

___ pump → bomba estomacal;

___ pumping → lavado de ___;

___ ulcer → úlcera gástrica;

vt. pop. soportar, tolerar.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

stomach

adj estomacal; n estómago; (fam, abdomen) abdomen m, barriga, estómago (fam); on an empty — en ayunas; to be sick to one's — (fam) tener náusea(s)

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