(n.) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.
(n.) A paunch mat; -- called also panch.
(n.) The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.
(v. t.) To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
(v. t.) To stuff with food.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cuplike indentations were present on the paunch epithelial surface and were sites of bacterial aggregation.
(2) Thirteen bacterial morphotypes in the paunch were described in detail: seven were observed only in R. flavipes, three were observed only in C. formosanus, and three were common to both termite species.
(3) Only one case was recorded in the long-tailed mouse (Oligoryzomys flavescens), and none in the white paunch mouse (Calomys laucha), both species sympatric with A.
(4) Recent episodes have expanded on the fruit-stall-as-metaphor-for-emotional-rejuvenation theme, with shots of the ex-chippy magnate sighing at customers, his paunch peering tentatively over his post-traumatic bumbag in a fashion that suggested normality – if not, perhaps, dignity – was imminent.
(5) In addition to the paunch, the midgut was also colonized by bacteria that were situated between epithelial microvilli.
(6) He was a talented sportsman before he lost the sight in his left eye in a rugby match, and still moves around with astonishing speed, despite an expanding paunch pushing at the buttons of his thick cotton shirt.
(7) The paunch epithelium was densely colonized by bacteria, many of which possessed holdfast elements that secured them tightly to this tissue and to other bacterial cells.
(8) The relative concentration (per mg total protein) was found to be in the order: Pancreas greater than liver greater than lymph node greater than testes, fat tissue greater than parotid gland, brain, spleen, lung greater than small intestine, spinal cord, large intestine, kidney greater than paunch, aorta greater than skeletal muscle greater than heart.
(9) Body measurements (heart and paunch girths, wither height, chest depth, pelvic length and width, and body length), body weight, and calving evaluation data (calf birth weight, calf sex, calf presentation, and calving assistance needed) were collected from 1974 parities of 762 Holstein cows between 1968 and 1986.
(10) The termite paunch microbiota consisted of an abundance of morphologically diverse bacteria and protozoa.
(11) Besides bacteria, the protozoan Pyrsonympha vertens adhered to the paunch epithelium of R. flavipes by means of an attachment organelle.
(12) But I hate that when I get up in the morning about a second later my paunch follows.
(13) Adipose tissue was found in all the typical mammalian depots and in the superficial abdominal paunch, which enlarged disproportionately in obese specimens, forming an almost continuous layer over most of the body.
(14) Phenotypic correlations of dam body traits with calf birth weight were all significantly positive when combined for all parities and ranged from .23 for paunch girth to .27 for body weight and heart girth.
(15) Adipocytes in the paunch depot showed biochemical properties in common with those in the groin depots.
(16) When he ended his career in 1999, aged 42, his hair was greying, he developed a paunch and he was often mocked for his feminine voice and questioned over whether he was gay.
(17) Amid the sea of balding scalps and protruding paunches, Flint, the 47-year-old minister for Europe, stands out like an exotically plumed peacock in a farm full of battery hens.
Tummy
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) You aren't worried about the cellulite on your thighs or your tummy not being flat.
(2) Once you have met someone who gives you tummy flips you certainly don't want to go back to a world without them.
(3) His little tummy just heaved and heaved until he stopped.
(4) She has a flat tummy and slender arms and her eyes seem to be wider than her ankles.
(5) We used to associate wealth with a big tummy and had the idea that if you were skinny you were not doing well,” he told me.
(6) But for whatever reason (I like to think it's because the last feast gave Her Majesty a gippy tummy and Prince Philip refuses to spend another night holding her hair back) this isn't the case.
(7) And so I've been patting a tummy I didn't have a few weeks ago, and wondering what to do about it.
(8) But at the moment, unless he says something to the contrary, he does look as if he is curled up right there, being gently stroked on the PM's tummy.
(9) We refused to eat the bulgur though, because it gives you a runny tummy; and if you have a runny tummy and are in an isolation zone they will definitely say you have Ebola and may take you away.
(10) Next time you see a pack of schoolchildren being dragged around Trafalgar Square, look at how they wear their rucksacks: they all wear them on their tummies.
(11) Putin then lifted the T-shirt of a small boy and “kissed him on the tummy”, Robin Tam QC, the counsel to the inquiry, told the high court on Monday.
(12) "I had beer, Claire had wine, and Alan had fizzy pop, but it all got mixed up in my tummy and I was sick on the bus home.
(13) On the eve of our staycation my daughter got a temperature and was up all night saying her tummy hurt.
(14) There was no official word on the happy event, only speculation sparked by the sudden absence of his wife's swollen tummy at a public appearance on New Year's Day.
(15) His tummy was tiny, his rib cage protruding and his spine was clearly visible all the way down his back.
(16) Skin folds under her tummy became chafed and sore, and sometimes developed infections.
(17) A transcript of the recording read out to the inquiry, and included in Atkins' earlier written witness statement , mentioned stories including "one of Girls Aloud having a boob job; Hugh Grant having a face tuck, Rhys Ifans having a tummy tuck and Guy Ritchie having a chemical peel".
(18) Her voice was superlative, soaring above even the rustle of chocolate wrappers and the rumbling of tummies waiting for the first batch of smoked salmon sandwiches.
(19) Various epithets used to describe this illness include GI trots, Aden gut, Barsa belly, Turkey trot, Delhi belly, Hongkong dog, Montezuma's revenge, gyppsy tummy and turista.
(20) The robotic cat, who travels back in time from the 22nd century, has an array of futuristic gadgets tucked away in a "fourth-dimensional" bottomless pocket on his tummy.