intestine
/ɪnˈtɛs.tɪn/
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intestine noun: the alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.
Noun
intestine (plural intestines)
- The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.
- One of certain subdivisions of this part of the alimentary canal, such as the small or large intestine in human beings.
Adjective
intestine (not comparable)
- Domestic; taking place within a given country or region.
- Hoping here to end / Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued.1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- It being true that now after fiue yeeres intestine warre with the reuengefull implacable Indians, a firme peace (not againe easily to be broken) hath bin lately concluded[…].1615, Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia, Richmond, published 1957, page 2
- Internal.
- a perpetual intestine struggle[…]between authority and libertya. 1776, David Hume, Of the Origin of Government
- If you wish this state to be immortal, if you wish your empire to be eternal, if you with your glory to continue everlasting, then it is our own passions, it is the turbulence and desire of revolution engendered among our own citizens, it is intestine evil, it is domestic plots that must be guarded...2016, Benjamin Straumann, Crisis and Constitutionalism
- Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.
- When you have alleaged all the reasons you can, and beleeved all to disavow and reject her, she produceth, contrarie to your discourses, so intestine inclination, that you have small hold against her.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 41, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- Every thing labours under an intestine necessity.1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […]...
- Shut up; enclosed.
- No thunders shook with deep intestine sound The blooming groves that girdled her around.1782, William Cowper, “Heroism”, in Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq.
- Where now the vital energy that moved, While summer was, the pure and subtle lymph Through the imperceptible meandering veins Of leaf and flower? It sleeps; and the icy touch Of unprolific winter has impress'd A cold stagnation on the intestine tide.1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC
intestine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
intestine in Hindi
- alimentary canal
- अँतड़ी ãtṛī, आँत ā̃t, आंत ānt
- subdivision of the alimentary canal
- आँत ā̃t, आंत ānt
intestine in Tamil
- alimentary canal
- குடல் kuṭal
- subdivision of the alimentary canal
- குடல் kuṭal
intestine in Marathi
- आतडी
intestine in Urdu
- alimentary canal
- آنْت ānt
More languagesFewer languages
- intestine in Bengali
- অন্ত্র ontro
- intestine in Telugu
- ప్రేగు
- intestine in Malayalam
- കുടൽ kuṭal
- intestine in Kannada
- ಕರುಳು karuḷu
- intestine in Punjabi
- ਆਂਦਰ āndar, آنْدَر āndar
- intestine in Gujarati
- આંતરડું āntarḍũ
- intestine in Odia
- ଅନ୍ତନଳୀ, ଅନ୍ତ୍ର
- intestine in Sanskrit
- अन्त्र antra, गुद guda
- intestine in Nepali
- आन्त्रिका, आन्त्रिक
- intestine in Pashto
- انډاره anḍārá
- intestine in Tagalog
- bituka
- intestine in Arabic
- مِعًى miʕan, مَعْي maʕy, مِعَاء miʕāʔ, أَمْصِرَة ʔamṣira
- intestine in Malay
- usus
- intestine in Indonesian
- usus
- intestine in Thai
- ลำไส้ lam-sâi, ไส้ sâi
- intestine in Vietnamese
- ruột
- intestine in Myanmar
- အူ u, ဝမ်း wam:
- Sindhi
- آنڊو ā̃ḍo
Examples of intestine in a sentence
- [W]riters ſhould ceaſe from inteſtine hoſtilities; and, inſtead of ſacrificing each other to malice and contempt, endeavour to avert perſecution from the meaneſt of their fraternity.1751 August 16 (Gregorian calendar), Samuel Johnson, “No. 145. Monday, August 6. 1751.”, in The Rambler, volume VI, Edinburgh: […] Sands...
- The degenerate Parthians, broken by intestine discord, fled before his arms.1776–1788, Edward Gibbon, chapter 1, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI)...
- […] surrounded by an enemy rendered desperate from the calamities of intestine war.c. 1800, “Biographical Memoir of Rear-Admiral John Willett Payne”, in The Naval Chronicle, volume 3:
- In the speech attributed to him in More's History of King Richard the Third: Buckingham argues that war is never so mischievous as when it is intestine.1952, George Norman Clark, John Duncan Mackie, The Earlier Tudors, 1485-1558, page 10:
Synonyms of intestine
Forms of intestine
| plural | intestines |
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Origin of intestine
From Latin intestīnum, neuter of intestīnus (“internal”), as Etymology 2, below.
From Latin intestīnus (“internal”), from intus (“within”).
Words formed from intestine
Words that rhyme with intestine
Questions about intestine
- What does intestine mean?
- Intestine means the alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs.
- What is intestine in Hindi?
- Intestine in Hindi is अँतड़ी (ãtṛī), आँत (ā̃t), आंत (ānt). See Intestine meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use intestine in a sentence?
- [W]riters ſhould ceaſe from inteſtine hoſtilities; and, inſtead of ſacrificing each other to malice and contempt, endeavour to avert perſecution from the meaneſt of their fraternity.
- What part of speech is intestine?
- Intestine can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce intestine?
- Intestine is pronounced /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪn/.
- What is the plural of intestine?
- The plural of intestine is intestines.
Words near intestine in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: intestine (page history and authors); intestine (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intestine (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ಕರುಳು (Kannada) (page history and authors); intestine (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); intestine (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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