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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

  • (..) Oh, I've been hard at it. Sit down. Hard at what, exactly? Well, we're overwhelmed with work. Paperwork. Paperwork is the soul of Russia. Farming is only the stomach. Now, when am I going to come and shoot some snipe? Look at you, in Western clothes you told me you'd never wear again. (..)
    2012 Anna Karenina