| stomach | | |
| n. (body) | 1. breadbasket, stomach, tum, tummy | an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion. |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (body) | 2. abdomen, belly, stomach, venter | the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis. |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (feeling) | 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" |
| n. (feeling) | 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" |
| v. (consumption) | 5. stomach | bear to eat.; "He cannot stomach raw fish" |
| ~ digest | convert food into absorbable substances.; "I cannot digest milk products" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate | 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" |
| ~ live with, accept, swallow | 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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