Womb
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English
Noun
Womb (plural Wombs)- (anatomy) In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.
- (figuratively) A place where something is made or formed.
- (obsolete) The abdomen or stomach.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:
- And his hede, hym semed,was enamyled with asure, and his shuldyrs shone as the golde, and his wombe was lyke mayles of a merveylous hew [...].
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:
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Adjectives for Womb
solemn; hollow; tortured; unfathomed; shuddering; fruitful.
Verbs for Womb
abscess—; develop in—; displace—; empty —; enter—; infect—; incise-—; lacerate—; manipulate—; retain in—; support—; ulcerate—; —atrophies; —bends; —contracts; — discharges; —dilates; —dislodges; —distends; —encloses; —engenders; —enlarges; —expels; —falls; —involutes; —manipu¬lates; —pulsates; —quickens; —relaxes; — sags; —yields. ravish—; spurn—; sway—; typify—; uplift —; —bear; —beget; —beguile; —charm; —conceive; —flock about; —inflame; — labor; —mature; —provide; —nag; —scold.
Thesaurus
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, yoni
Etymology
Old English wamb, womb. Cognate with Dutch wam, German Wamme.
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