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stomach

Definition

  • noun: the organ in your body where food goes and begins to be digested after you swallow it
  • noun: a dilatation of the alimentary canal of a vertebrate communicating anteriorly with the esophagus and posteriorly with the duodenum
  • verb: to accept or experience (something unpleasant) without becoming sick, upset, etc.
  • verb: to take offense at
  • often used before another noun

Examples

  • Take this medication 'on an empty stomach'. [=when your stomach is empty because you have not eaten for a time]

  • When I had the flu, just the thought of eating made me 'sick to my stomach'. [='nauseous']

  • She felt a flutter in 'the pit of her stomach' when he walked through the door.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Can we therefore conclude that humans are concerned more with "having"... ...than "being". Lucy. what did you do with my stomach? Nothing! Just a little horizontal slit. It's very well done and you'll find in a month, this scar is practically invisible. You'll be in shape for the beach next summer. I don't care about the scar. Is it, uh...is it why we opened you up? Rest assured, we didn't harvest your organ or anything and we merely slipped a little package in your lower stomach. It's a...it's a new drug the kids in Europe is gonna love, believe me. - What's that? (..)
    2014 Lucy