Meaning

An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion..

Definitions by Sense

1. An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
2. (informal) The belly.
3. (uncountable, obsolete) Pride, haughtiness.
4. (obsolete) An appetite.
5. (figuratively) A desire, an appetite (for something abstract).
6. The part of a garment that covers a person's stomach.
7. (transitive) To tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to stand or handle something.
8. (obsolete, intransitive) To be angry.

Example Sentences

Our stomachs and livers have an enzyme known as alcohol dehydrogenase that breaks down ethanol to make it less toxic for our bodies, said Atlanta gastroenterologist Dr. Preston Stewart.

A new study suggests people taking popular injected medications for weight loss, including Wegovy, Ozempic, Saxenda and Victoza, may be at higher risk for serious digestive problems such as stomach paralysis, pancreatitis, and bowel obstructions, compared with those taking other types of weight loss medications.

Why did you hit me in the stomach?

Sterne was his looke, and full of stomacke vaine, / His portaunce terrible, and stature tall […]

He was a man / Of an unbounded stomach, ever ranking / Himself with princes;

This sort of crying[…] proceeding from pride, obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault lies, must be bent.

a good stomach for roast beef

You come not home because you have no stomach. / You have no stomach, having broke your fast.

Word Forms

• stomachs
• stomack
• stomaching
• stomached

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When Should You Use Stomach?

Use stomach when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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