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womb
CIDE DICTIONARY
womb, n. [OE. wombe, wambe, AS. wamb, womb; akin to D. wam belly, OS. & OHG. wamba, G. wamme, wampe, Icel. vömb, Sw. v, Dan. vom, Goth. wamba.].
- The belly; the abdomen. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]"And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that the hogs eat, and no man gave him." [1913 Webster]"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." [1913 Webster]
- The uterus. See Uterus. [1913 Webster]
- The place where anything is generated or produced. [1913 Webster]"The womb of earth the genial seed receives." [1913 Webster]
- Any cavity containing and enveloping anything. [1913 Webster]"The center spike of gold
Which burns deep in the bluebell's womb." [1913 Webster]
womb, v. t.
To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
womb, n.
1 the organ of conception and gestation in a woman and other female mammals; the uterus.
2 a place of origination and development.
1 the organ of conception and gestation in a woman and other female mammals; the uterus.
2 a place of origination and development.
Derivative
womblike adj.
Etymology
OE wamb, womb
THESAURUS
womb
bag, ballocks, balls, basket, beard, breasts, cervix, clitoris, cod, cods, cullions, family jewels, female organs, genitalia, genitals, gonads, labia, labia majora, labia minora, lingam, lips, male organs, matrix, meat, nuts, nymphae, ovary, penis, phallus, private parts, privates, privy parts, pubic hair, pudenda, reproductive organs, rocks, scrotum, secondary sex characteristic, sex organs, spermary, testes, testicles, uterus, vagina, venter, vulva, yoniROGET THESAURUS
womb
Cause
N cause, origin, source, principle, element, occasioner, prime mover, primum mobile, vera causa, author, mainspring, agent, leaven, groundwork, foundation, spring, fountain, well, font, fountainhead, spring head, wellhead, fons et origo, genesis, descent, remote cause, influence, pivot, hinge, turning point, lever, crux, fulcrum, key, proximate cause, causa causans, straw that breaks the camel's back, ground, reason, reason why, why and wherefore, rationale, occasion, derivation, final cause, les dessous des cartes, undercurrents, rudiment, egg, germ, embryo, bud, root, radix radical, etymon, nucleus, seed, stem, stock, stirps, trunk, tap-root, gemmule, radicle, semen, sperm, nest, cradle, nursery, womb, nidus, birthplace, hotbed, causality, causation, origination, production, caused, causal, original, primary, primitive, primordial, aboriginal, protogenal, radical, embryonic, embryotic, in embryo, in ovo, seminal, germinal, at the bottom of, connate, having a common origin, because, behind the scenes, causa latet vis est notissima, felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.Interiority
N interiority, inside, interior, interspace, subsoil, substratum, intrados, contents, substance, pith, marrow, backbone, heart, bosom, breast, abdomen, vitals, viscera, entrails, bowels, belly, intestines, guts, chitterings, womb, lap, penetralia, recesses, innermost recesses, cave, interior, internal, inner, inside, inward, intraregarding, inmost, innermost, deep seated, gut, intestine, intestinal, inland, subcutaneous, abdominal, coeliac, endomorphic, interstitial, inwrought, inclosed, home, domestic, indoor, intramural, vernacular, endemic, internally, inwards, within, in, inly, here in, there in, where in, ab intra, withinside, in doors, within doors, at home, in the bosom of one's family.For further exploring for "womb" in Webster Dictionary Online
