Thesaurus: bowel

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1. n. One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.
2. n. Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth.
3. n. The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion.
4. n. Offspring.
5. v. t. To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
6. n. the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus
7. 1. One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural. He burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. Acts i. 18. 2. pl. Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth. His soldiers . . . cried out amain, And rushed into the bowels of the battle. Shak. 3. pl. The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion. "Thou thing of no bowels." Shak. Bloody Bonner, that corpulent tyrant, full (as one said) of guts, and empty of bowels. Fuller. 4. pl. Offspring. [Obs.] Shak. To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
8. Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, thebowels of the earth.His soldiers . . . cried out amain, And rushed into the bowels of thebattle. Shak.
9. n:100 n the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus