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stomached

stomached is the simple past and past participle of stomach.

Meaning of stomach

Verb

stomach (third-person singular simple present stomachs, present participle stomaching, simple past and past participle stomached)

  1. (transitive) To tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to stand or handle something.
    • I really can’t stomach jobs involving that much paperwork, but some people seem to tolerate them.
    Synonyms:
    brook
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To be angry.
    • Let a man, though never so justly, oppose himself unto them that are disordered in their ways; and what one amongst them commonly doth not stomach at such contradiction, storm at reproof, and hate such as would reform them?[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
    • O, my good lord, / Believe not all; or, if you must believe, / Stomach not all.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To turn the stomach of; to sicken or repel.

See all 10 meanings of stomach

Adjective

stomached (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds) Having a specified number or kind of stomach.

Words formed from stomached

Questions about stomached

What does stomached mean?
Stomached means having a specified number or kind of stomach.
What is stomached the simple past and past participle of?
Stomached is the simple past and past participle of stomach.
What part of speech is stomached?
Stomached is an adjective.

Words near stomached in the dictionary

  1. stomachachy
  2. stomachake
  3. stomachal
  4. stomachals
  5. stomache
  6. stomached
  7. stomacher
  8. stomachers
  9. stomaches
  10. stomachful
  11. stomachfuls

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