[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stomach/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / stomach # stomach noun (a stomach, stomachs); verb (can't stomach something — can't bear it) «stomach» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Your stomach is the bag-like organ inside your body where food goes after you swallow it and starts to be broken down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stomach/#m1) 2. People also use «stomach» for the front of the body below the chest (the tummy or belly). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stomach/#m2) 3. If you can't stomach something, you can't bear it or eat it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stomach/#m3) ### In the lessons In science the stomach is part of the digestive system: food goes down the food pipe to the stomach, where strong acid and muscles mash it, then on to the intestines. In health lessons: a stomach ache can come from eating too much, germs or worry; «butterflies in your stomach» is the nervous feeling before something big. Phrases: stomach ache, an upset stomach, on an empty stomach, butterflies in my stomach, lie on your stomach. ### Examples - My stomach hurts because I ate too much cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stomach/#x1) - Food goes from your mouth to your stomach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stomach/#x2) - I have butterflies in my stomach before the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stomach/#x3) - Don't swim straight after a big meal on a full stomach if you feel unwell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stomach/#x4) - The doctor pressed on my stomach to check it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stomach/#x5) - Lie on your stomach to do this stretch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stomach/#x6) - My stomach is rumbling; it must be lunchtime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stomach/#x7) - Your stomach makes acid to help break down food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stomach/#x8) - His stomach seemed a bottomless pit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stomach/#x9) ### Note Spelling trap: stomach ends in «-ach» but sounds like «STUM-uk». Plural: stomachs. «Tummy» is the children's word; «belly» is informal. Myth: the old rule that you must wait an hour after eating before swimming is not proven, but big cramps or feeling sick are reasons to rest. ## In Jewish tradition Sefer Yetzirah gives each Hebrew letter a month, a zodiac sign and a body part. Samech goes with Kislev, Sagittarius and the stomach, and the stomach is linked with sleep. In Isaiah a "stomacher" is a fine, rich breast-garment, which will be replaced by sackcloth. **Interpretation.** The Sefer Yetzirah links the stomach with sleep. Isaiah's list is read as a warning that the proud pleasures of the rich women of Jerusalem will be lost. ### Examples - He produced Samech, predominant in sleep, crowned, combined, and formed Sagittarius in the world, Kislev in the year, and the stomach of man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stomach/#x1) - The twelve organs of the human body are: two hands, two feet, two kidneys, gall, small intestines, liver, gullet \[39\] or esophagus, stomach and milt. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stomach/#x2) - He produced Samech, predominant in Sleep, crowned it, combined and formed with it Sagittarius in the Universe, Kislev in the Year, and the stomach of Man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stomach/#x3) - And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness; and instead of a girdle rags; and instead of curled hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty. (Prophets ISA.3.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stomach/#x4) ### Note Spelling trap: stomach ends in «-ach» but sounds like «STUM-uk». Plural: stomachs. «Tummy» is the children's word; «belly» is informal. Myth: the old rule that you must wait an hour after eating before swimming is not proven, but big cramps or feeling sick are reasons to rest. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «stomach» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stomach/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«stomach» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stomach.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «stomach» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stomach/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«stomach» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/stomach.html) on Mova free.