(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Your ~ is the organ inside your body where food is digested before it moves into the intestines.
He had an upset ~...
My ~ is completely full.
N-COUNT
2.
You can refer to the front part of your body below your waist as your ~.
The children lay down on their ~s.
...~ muscles.
N-COUNT: oft poss N
3.
If the front part of your body below your waist feels uncomfortable because you are feeling worried or frightened, you can refer to it as your ~.
His ~ was in knots.
N-COUNT: oft poss N
4.
If you say that someone has a strong ~, you mean that they are not disgusted by things that disgust most other people.
Surgery often demands actual physical strength, as well as the possession of a strong ~.
N-COUNT
5.
If you cannot ~ something, you cannot accept it because you dislike it or disapprove of it.
I could never ~ the cruelty involved in the wounding of animals.
VERB: with brd-neg, V n/-ing
6.
If you do something on an empty ~, you do it without having eaten.
Avoid drinking on an empty ~.
PHRASE: PHR after v
7.
If you say that something turns your ~ or makes your ~ turn, you mean that it is so unpleasant or offensive that it makes you feel sick.
The true facts will turn your ~...
I saw the shots of what happened on television and my ~ just turned over.
PHRASE: V inflects
8.
butterflies in your ~: see butterfly