stomach

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an appetite for food

   Working out gave me a good stomach for dinner.

2. 2
   noun

   an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness

   I had no stomach for a fight.

3. 3
   verb

   bear to eat

   I am a strict vegan and can not stomach any animal products.

4. 4
   noun

   An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.

   Our stomachs and livers have an enzyme known as alcohol dehydrogenase that breaks down ethanol to make it less toxic for our bodies, said Atlanta gastroenterologist Dr. Preston Stewart.

5. 5
   noun

   The belly.

   Why did you hit me in the stomach?

6. 6
   noun

   Pride, haughtiness.

   Sterne was his looke, and full of stomacke vaine, / His portaunce terrible, and stature tall […]

7. 7
   noun

   An appetite.

   a good stomach for roast beef

8. 8
   noun

   A desire, an appetite (for something abstract).

   I have no stomach for a fight today.

Etymology

From Middle English stomak, from Old French estomac, from Latin stomachus, from Ancient Greek στόμαχος (stómakhos), from στόμα (stóma, “mouth”). Partially displaced native Old English maga, whence Modern English maw.