stomach

Definition of stomach in English English dictionary: To be able to tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to be able to stand or handle something
I can't stomach her cooking.; Appetite
If after seven hours' tarrying he shall have no stomach, let him defer his meal, or eat very little at his ordinary time of repast.; Desire, appetite (for something abstract)
I have no stomach for a fight today.; Pride, haughtiness
Sterne was his looke, and full of stomacke vaine, / His portaunce terrible, and stature tall .; An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion; The belly; {v} to resent, be angry, bear, like; {n} the organ of digestion, appetite, fullenness, obstinacy, anger, haughtiness; See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric; put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "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"; butterflies in your stomach: see butterfly. Digestive sac in the left upper abdominal cavity, which expands or contracts with the amount of food in it. It has four regions: the cardia leads down from the esophagus; the fundus curves above it; the body is the largest part; and the antrum narrows to join the duodenum at the pyloric valve. Iron and very fat-soluble substances (e.g., alcohol, some drugs) are absorbed in the stomach. Peristalsis mixes food with enzymes and hydrochloric acid from glands in its lining and moves the resulting chyme toward the small intestine. The vagus nerve and sympathetic nervous system control the stomach's secretions and movements. Emotional stress affects its function. Common disorders include gastritis, peptic ulcer, hiatal hernia, and cancer. See also digestion, gastrectomy; Aaebbudh Iliwi; Pride; haughtiness; arrogance; {f} take into the stomach; endure, tolerate; an appetite for food; "exercise gave him a good stomach for dinner"; Your stomach is the organ inside your body where food is digested before it moves into the intestines. He had an upset stomach My stomach is completely full; a sac-like digestive organ into which food goes; Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness; An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity; To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike; To bear without repugnance; to brook; bear to eat; "He cannot stomach raw fish; The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef; an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion an appetite for food; "exercise gave him a good stomach for dinner"; If you cannot stomach something, you cannot accept it because you dislike it or disapprove of it. I could never stomach the cruelty involved in the wounding of animals; {i} organ which digests food; abdominal region; appetite for food; desire; the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis; If you do something on an empty stomach, you do it without having eaten. Avoid drinking on an empty stomach; an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness; "he had no stomach for a fight"; A bag shaped organ in the abdomen, which stores food after it has passed down the oesophagus; If you say that someone has a strong stomach, you mean that they are not disgusted by things that disgust most other people. Surgery often demands actual physical strength, as well as the possession of a strong stomach; You can refer to the front part of your body below your waist as your stomach. The children lay down on their stomachs. stomach muscles; bear to eat; "He cannot stomach raw fish"; Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire; To be angry; If the front part of your body below your waist feels uncomfortable because you are feeling worried or frightened, you can refer to it as your stomach. His stomach was in knots; an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion; If you say that something turns your stomach or makes your stomach turn, you mean that it is so unpleasant or offensive that it makes you feel sick. The true facts will turn your stomach I saw the shots of what happened on television and my stomach just turned over; hara; Abdomen; tummy
stomach aches: plural form of stomach ache
stomach bug: Something, such as a germ (colloquially a bug), that causes intestinal distress (particularly vomiting). Sometimes incorrectly used to refer to food poisoning
stomach bugs: plural form of stomach bug
stomach cancer: cancer of the stomach(s)
stomach flu: Gastroenteritis
stomach flus: plural form of stomach flu
stomach lining: a layer of tissue on the inside of stomach
stomach-flu: Attributive form of stomach flu
stomach-flu runs.
stomach ache: If you have a stomach-ache, you have a pain in your stomach
stomach ache: pain in the stomach
stomach ache: an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region
stomach cancer: Malignant tumour of the stomach. The main risk factors include a diet high in salted, smoked, or pickled foods; Helicobacter pylori infection; tobacco and alcohol use; age (over age 60); and a family history of stomach cancer. Males develop stomach cancer at approximately twice the rate of females. Symptoms may be abdominal pain or swelling, unexplained weight loss, vomiting, and poor digestion. Surgery is the only method for treating stomach cancer, although radiation therapy or chemotherapy may be used in conjunction with surgery or to relieve symptoms
stomach exercise: an exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles
stomach pump: A suction pump with a flexible tube inserted into the stomach through the mouth and esophagus to empty the stomach in an emergency, as in a case of poisoning. a machine with a tube that doctors use to suck out food or liquid from someone's stomach, especially after they have swallowed something harmful
stomach pump: a suction pump used to remove the contents of the stomach
stomach pumping: medical procedure whose purpose is to empty the stomach in a case requiring such treatment
stomach sweetbread: edible pancreas of an animal
stomach tooth: A canine tooth of the lower jaw
stomach tube: {i} flexible tube inserted directly into the stomach by way of which liquid food is passed
stomach worm: Any of various parasitic nematode worms that infest the stomachs of animals, especially Haemonchus contortus, a parasite of sheep and other ruminants
stomach-churning: If you describe something as stomach-churning, you mean that it is so unpleasant that it makes you feel physically sick. The stench from rotting food is stomach-churning. if something is stomach-churning, it is extremely unpleasant and makes you feel sick
have butterflies in one's stomach: To be nervous, uncertain, or anxious
He had butterflies in his stomach the morning of his wedding.
have eyes bigger than one's stomach: To take more food on one's plate than one can eat; to be greedy
Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.
honeycomb stomach: A reticulum (second stomach of a ruminant)
on a full stomach: Directly after eating, after a meal
You shouldn't swim on a full stomach.
rennet stomach: The fourth stomach of a ruminant, the abomasum
sick to one's stomach: Nauseated, queasy
e had torn the paper from one of his cigarettes and was chewing the tobacco. This was his last resort, an expedient which he fell back upon only in great extremity, as it invariably made him sick to his stomach.
stomacher: A brooch, often in three parts, worn over the stomach or chest in the seventeenth and eighteenth century
stomacher: A cloth garment, usually embellished with embroidery or jewelry, worn over the stomach from the 15th to the 18th centuries particularly by women
Of these older people many wear clothing reminiscent in some detail of home--an embroidered waistcoat or stomacher.
stomachic: Of or related to the stomach
the way to a man's heart is through his stomach: Cooking for a man is a good way to win his affections
stomached: {a} filled with resentment, angry
stomacher: {n} an ornament worn upon the breast
stomachic: {n} a medicin for the stomach
stomachic: {a} relating to or strengthening the stomach
butterflies in the stomach: (deyim) Butterflies in the stomach is a medical condition characterized by the physical sensation of a "fluttery" feeling in the stomach. This sensation can be a physical sensation related to the body's fight or flight response or it can be an ineffable experience related to the psychology of true love or nervousness
get butterflies in one's stomach: (deyim) Have a fluttering and nauseous sensation felt in the stomach when one is nervous
have butterflies in one's stomach: (deyim) Have a fluttering and nauseous sensation felt in the stomach when one is nervous
one's eyes are bigger than one's stomach: (deyim) One has taken more food than one can eat
1. I can't eat all this. I'm afraid that my eyes were bigger than my stomach. 2. Try to take less food. Your eyes are bigger than your stomach at every meal.
one's eyes are bigger than one's stomach: (deyim) If someone's eyes are bigger than their stomach, they are greedy and take on more than they can consume or manage
The stomach: ventricle
The stomach: breadbasket
butterflies in the stomach: condition of nervous tension or excitement
feeling in the pit of one's stomach: gut feeling, deep and instinctual notion
full stomach: satiated, the feeling after one eats; accumulation of anger
has butterflies in his stomach: has nervous tension, excited
his stomach was rumbling: his stomach was growling (especially in hunger)
on a full stomach: after eating a full meal
on an empty stomach: without eating anything, with no food in one's stomach, hungry
pit of the stomach: a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)
rumbling stomach: groaning stomach, noises created by the stomach due to hunger
settle the stomach: calm the stomach, facilitate digestion
stomached: past participle of to stomach
stomacher: An ornamental covering for the breast, worn originally both by men and women
stomacher: Those worn by women were often richly decorated
stomacher: garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century
stomacher: > A triangular ornament worn by women on a bodice and extending below the waist, typically gemset, popular during the 18th and 19th century
stomacher: (Isa 3: 24), an article of female attire, probably some sort of girdle around the breast
stomacher: (stum ack er) – decorative front portion of bodice covering the breast and reaching to the waist or even the elbow This area was stiff, richly decorated and sometimes padded
stomacher: One who stomachs
stomacher: {i} decorative outer garment covering the chest and stomach (fashionable in the 15th and 16th centuries)
stomachic: a substance which eases stomach pain
stomachic: general physical body boosters, like a tonic
stomachic: an agent that tones (see tonic), activates, and strengthens the stomach
stomachic: Of or pertaining to the stomach; as, stomachic vessels
stomachic: Beneficial to the stomach or to digestion
stomachic: Affects digestive system and nutrition due to its ability to stimulate the appetite and gastric secretion
stomachic: strengthens stomach function
stomachic: {i} agent or drug which is beneficial to the stomach
stomachic: relating to or involving the stomach; "gastric ulcer"
stomachic: A medicine that strengthens the stomach and excites its action
stomachic: Stimulate the flow of digestive secretions and increases the volume
stomachic: Strengthening to the stomach; exciting the action of the stomach; stomachal; cordial
stomachic: {s} of or pertaining to the stomach; aiding or stimulating digestion in the stomach
stomaching: present participle of stomach
stomaching: Resentment
stomachs: plural of stomach
stomachs: third person present participle of to stomach
upset stomach: problem with the digestive system
upset stomach: a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea

Turkish - English

Definition of stomach in Turkish English dictionary: (Tıp) Mide.Yemek borusu ile İnce barsak arasındaki organ.Proteinlerin hazmının başladığı organ
Stomach Ulcer: (Tıp) Mide ülseri.Mide çeperinde açık yara. Gastrik Ülser(Gastric Ulcer) de denir
Watermelon Stomach: (Tıp) Bir kavun üzerindeki bantlara benzer şekilde midede paralel kırmızılıklar. genellikle sirozda görülür

stomach

Hyphenation

stom·ach

Turkish pronunciation

stʌmık

Synonyms

abdomen, belly, gut, guts, tummy, abdominal region, below the belt, breadbasket, inside, insides, maw, paunch, pot, potbelly, solar plexus

Antonyms

refuse, reject

Pronunciation

/ˈstəmək/ /ˈstʌmək/

Etymology

[ 'st&-m&k, -mik ] (noun.) 14th century. From Middle English stomak from Old French estomac Latin stomachus Ancient Greek στόμαχος (stomakhos) from στόμα (stoma, “mouth”). Displaced native Middle English mawe (“stomach, maw”) (from Old English maga), Middle English bouk, buc (“belly, stomach”) (from Old English buc (“belly, stomach”), see bucket).