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WOMB
uterus, womb
(noun) a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
womb (plural wombs)
(anatomy) In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus. [from 8thc.]
(obsolete) The abdomen or stomach. [8th-17thc.]
(obsolete) The stomach of a person or creature. [8th-18thc.]
(figuratively) A place where something is made or formed. [from 15thc.]
Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.
Synonyms
• (organ in mammals): uterus, matrix (poetic or literary), belly (poetic or literary)
Verb
womb (third-person singular simple present wombs, present participle wombing, simple past and past participle wombed)
(transitive, obsolete) To enclose in a womb, or as if in a womb; to breed or hold in secret.
Source: Wiktionary
Womb, n. Etym: [OE. wombe, wambe, AS. wamb, womb; akin to D. wam belly, OS. & OHG. wamba, G. wamme, wampe, Icel. vömb, Sw. v&mb, Dan. vom, Goth. wamba.]
1. The belly; the abdomen. [Obs.] Chaucer. And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that the hogs eat, and no man gave him. Wyclif (Luke xv. 16). An I had but a belly of any indifferency, I were simply the most active fellow in Europe. My womb, my womb, my womb undoes me. Shak.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: The uterus. See Uterus.
3. The place where anything is generated or produced. The womb of earth the genial seed receives. Dryden.
4. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything. The center spike of gold Which burns deep in the bluebell's womb. R. Browning.
Womb, v. t.
Definition: To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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