stomach

noun

• 1the 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 esophagus to the small intestine.
• each of four digestive organs in a ruminant (the rumen, reticulum, omasum, and abomasum).
• any of a number of organs analogous to a stomach in lower animals.
• the front part of the body between the chest and thighs; the belly:Blake hit him in the stomach
• [in singular] the stomach viewed as the seat of hunger, nausea, anxiety, or other unsettling feelings:Virginia had a sick feeling in her stomach

• 2 [in singular, usually with negative] an appetite for food or drink:she doesn’t have the stomach to eat anything
• a desire or inclination for something involving conflict, difficulty, or unpleasantness:the teams proved to have no stomach for a fight [with infinitive]:frankly, I don’t have the stomach to find out

verb

• consume (food or drink) without feeling or being sick:if you cannot stomach orange juice, try apple juice
• endure or accept (an obnoxious thing or person):I can’t stomach the self-righteous attitude of some managers