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Stomach   /stˈəmək/   Listen
Stomach

noun
(pl. stomachs)
1.
An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion.  Synonyms: breadbasket, tum, tummy.
2.
The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis.  Synonyms: abdomen, belly, venter.
3.
An inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness.
4.
An appetite for food.
verb
(past & past part. stomached; pres. part. stomaching)
1.
Bear to eat.
2.
Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.  Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, suffer, support, tolerate.  "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"



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"Stomach" Quotes from Famous Books



... danger. Mindful of the truth of the axiom that discretion is the better part of valour, A thought it well to suddenly recollect his duties towards his family; B discovered that he had a capacious stomach, which required feeding; C, that the Anarchist policy was in discord with his own true principles. At such a moment, therefore, and surrounded, or rather unsurrounded by such men, the task in front of me was not ...
— A Girl Among the Anarchists • Isabel Meredith
... incentives offered to the cultivation of the physical sciences. "So that," said he, "they are, it seems, what our German friends would call 'Brodwissenschaften'! Not the brain, as some idly suppose, but the stomach, is the true organon of discovery, and if the metaphysician could but be punctually assured of his dinner (which has not always been the case), or at all events of a fortune, we should soon have the true theories of the Sublime ...
— The Eclipse of Faith - Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic • Henry Rogers
... economy of nature we are led to perform necessary acts by the pleasure which accompanies them; so the "pleasures of the palate" rightly precede the uses of the stomach; but we should not mistake them for the chief end. In point of fact, this is precisely what we have done. It not an analogy, it is a real truth. In nutrition as in reproduction we have been quite taken up with accompaniments ...
— The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) • Charlotte Perkins Gilman
... in truth. Her commander had seen and had recognized the great vessel which had flashed out of nowhere to the rescue of the three Terrestrials; and, having once been at grips with that vengeful super-dreadnaught, he had little stomach for another encounter. Therefore his side-thrust was now being exerted in the opposite direction; he was frankly trying to put as much distance as possible between himself and Triplanetary's formidable cruiser. ...
— Triplanetary • Edward Elmer Smith
... meet with difficulty, and the coat was abominably tight; but the corporal gave him a dig in the stomach and said: "Cheer up, fatty! that'll soon go. They'll get rid of your paunch here in ...
— 'Jena' or 'Sedan'? • Franz Beyerlein


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