Stomach

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1. Noun

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. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric.

2. Noun

The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef.

3. Noun

Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.

4. Noun

Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness.

5. Noun

Pride; haughtiness; arrogance.

6. Verb

To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.

7. Verb

To bear without repugnance; to brook.

8. Verb

To be angry.

9. Noun

the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare

10. Noun

an appetite for food; "exercise gave him a good stomach for dinner"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone

11. Noun

an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness; "he had no stomach for a fight"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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