stomach
noun
[ ˈstʌmək ]
• the internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs, being (in humans and many mammals) a pear-shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the oesophagus to the small intestine.
• "severe stomach pains"
• an appetite for food or drink.
• "she doesn't have the stomach to eat anything"
Similar:
appetite,
taste,
hunger,
inclination,
desire,
thirst,
liking,
fondness,
relish,
fancy,
mind,
stomach
verb
• consume (food or drink) without feeling or being sick.
• "if you cannot stomach orange juice, try apple juice"
Similar:
digest,
keep down,
find palatable,
manage to eat/consume,
swallow,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French estomac, stomaque, via Latin from Greek stomakhos ‘gullet’, from stoma ‘mouth’. The early sense of the verb was ‘be offended at, resent’ (early 16th century).
