STOMACH

[noun] [C] [plural] stomachs - an organ in the body where food is digested, or the front part of your body below the waistOur dog died of cancer of the stomach.She was kept alive by a feeding tube through her nose which pumped food into her stomach.These trousers are too tight around the stomach.The doctor asked him to lie down on his stomach.A couple of hours after eating, James got a terrible stomach ache (= a pain in his stomach).She's been in bed for the past few days with a stomach bug (= a slight illness caused by infection).The sight of blood always churns/turns his stomach (= makes him feel as if he is going to vomit). We had a stomach-churning ferry crossing from Newhaven to Dieppe.She can't eat spicy food because she's got a very delicate stomach (= some types of food make her feel ill easily).I must be hungry because my stomach's started growling/rumbling (= making noises).She missed the game because of stomach pains.He felt a knot of nervousness in the pit (= bottom) of his stomach.I suggested that a cup of tea might settle (= calm) her stomach.Last night's meal has given me an upset stomach (= slight illness of the stomach).If you have a strong stomach, you are able to smell, taste or see something unpleasant without feeling ill or upset.If you have a weak stomach, you feel ill or upset easily when you smell, taste or see something unpleasant.I don't like to drink anything alcoholic on an empty stomach (= when I have not eaten recently).You shouldn't exercise on a full stomach (= when you have eaten recently).If you have no stomach for/do not have the stomach for a type of food, you do not want to eat it.I've got no stomach for this heavy food.If you have no stomach for/do not have the stomach for an unpleasant activity, you do not want to do it.They wrongly believed that the United States would not have the stomach for a long and difficult war.If someone has their stomach pumped, a doctor uses a stomach pump (= a device with a long tube which is pushed down the throat) to remove the contents of the stomach.She was rushed to hospital to have her stomach pumped after she took an overdose of sleeping pills.