embowel

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Definition of embowel in English English dictionary

To remove the bowels; disembowel

To enclose or bury

{v} to take out the entrails, to gut

{f} disembowel, gut, eviscerate; remove the internal contents of

To disembowel

To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury

Hyphenation

em·bow·el

Synonyms

enclose, bury, embed, inclose, disembowel, eviscerate

Etymology

[ im-'bau(-&)l ] (transitive verb.) 1521. em- +‎ bowel

Tenses

emboweling, embowelled