stomach

stomach
1 noun (C)
1 the organ inside your body where food begins to be digested (digest1 (1))
2 the front part of your body, below your chest: Andrew was lying on his stomach.
3 do sth on an empty stomach to do something when you have not eaten: Don't go to work on an empty stomach.
4 have a strong stomach to be able to see or do things that are unpleasant without feeling sick or upset: Don't watch that film unless you have a strong stomach.
5 turn your stomach to make you feel sick or upset: The sight of the slaughtered cow turned my stomach.
6 have no stomach for a fight/task etc to have no desire to do something because you do not like doing it etc
2 verb (transitive usually in questions and negatives)
1 to be able to accept something, especially something unpleasant; endure: can't stomach: Tracy couldn't stomach the idea of moving to Glasgow. | hard/difficult to stomach: Rob found Cathy's attitude hard to stomach.
2 to eat something without becoming ill: I can't stomach fried food.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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