Stomach word meaning and definition

[noun] an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
[noun] the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
[noun] an appetite for food; "exercise gave him a good stomach for dinner"
[verb] 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"
[verb] bear to eat; "He cannot stomach raw fish"

\Stom"ach\, n. [OE. stomak, F. estomac, L. stomachus, fr. Gr. sto`machos stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto`ma a mouth, any outlet or entrance.] 1. (Anat.) 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. The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef. --Shak. 3. Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire. He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart. --Shak. 4. Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness. [Obs.] Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain. --Spenser. This sort of crying proceeding from pride, obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault lies, must be bent. --Locke. 5. Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. [Obs.] He was a man Of an unbounded stomach. --Shak. {Stomach pump} (Med.), a small pump or syringe with a flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or for injecting them into it. {Stomach tube} (Med.), a long flexible tube for introduction into the stomach. {Stomach worm} (Zo["o]l.), the common roundworm ({Ascaris lumbricoides}) found in the human intestine, and rarely in the stomach.
\Stom"ach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stomached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stomaching}.] [Cf. L. stomachari, v.t. & i., to be angry or vexed at a thing.] 1. To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike. --Shak. The lion began to show his teeth, and to stomach the affront. --L'Estrange. The Parliament sit in that body . . . to be his counselors and dictators, though he stomach it. --Milton. 2. To bear without repugnance; to brook. [Colloq.]
\Stom"ach\, v. i. To be angry. [Obs.] --Hooker.

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