Thesaurus: stomach

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1. n. 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. n. The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef.
3. n. Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.
4. n. Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness.
5. n. Pride; haughtiness; arrogance.
6. v. t. To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
7. v. t. To bear without repugnance; to brook.
8. v. i. To be angry.
9. n. an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
10. n. the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
11. n. an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness
12. n. an appetite for food