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bowel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • bou'əl
  • /baʊl/
  • /ˈbaʊ.əl/
  • boul

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French bouel, from Old French boïel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”). Doublet of boyau.

Meanings

  1. A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
  2. (in-plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.
    • And when he was hanged, brast asondre in the myddes, and all his bowels gusshed out. 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts:
    • Leaue words & let them feele your lances pointes, UUhich glided through the bowels of the Greekes. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
  3. (figuratively, in-plural) The (deep) interior of something.
    • His soldiers […] cried out amain, / And rushed into the bowels of the battle. 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line 129:
    • The treasures were stored in the bowels of the ship.
  4. (archaic, in-plural) The seat of pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy.
    • Bloody Bonner, that corpulent tyrant, full (as one said) of guts, and empty of bowels. 1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of Waltham Abbey:
    • Thou thing of no bowels, thou! c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], line 48:
  5. (in-plural, obsolete) offspring
    • Friend hast thou none, / For thine own bowels, which do call thee sire, c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], line 29:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bowels Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

disembowel · bowel cancer · nonbowel · short bowel syndrome · large bowel · bowel obstruction · book bowel · irritable bowel syndrome · book bowel tendency · open one's bowels · bowelless · disbowel · bowellism · embowel · inflammatory bowel disease · bowel transit time · bowel movement · gay bowel syndrome · get one's bowels in an uproar · small bowel · unbowel

Translations (120)

ko 큰창자 (large intestine) · bg дебе́ло черво́ (large intestine) · ro pântec (interior of something) · pl jelito (large intestine) · fi sisukset (interior of something) · kk жуан ішек (large intestine) · bn বৃহদান্ত্র (large intestine) · mk дебело црево (large intestine) · ota روده (intestines, entrails) · ka ნაწლავები (intestines, entrails) · el σπλάχνα (seat of pity or gentler emotions) · ja(intestines, entrails) · be вантро́бы (intestines, entrails) · yue 大腸 /大肠 (large intestine) · vi ruột già (large intestine) · sv tjocktarm (large intestine) · el σπλάχνα (intestines, entrails) · sh дебело цријево (large intestine) · tg ғафсрӯда (large intestine) · ky жоон ичеги (large intestine) · ko 배알 (intestines, entrails) · tr bağırsak (large intestine) · fr boyaux (intestines, entrails) · es vísceras (seat of pity or gentler emotions) · hi बृहदान्त्र (large intestine) · he קֶרֶב (interior of something) · mi whēkau (intestines, entrails) · ru вну́тренности (intestines, entrails) · zu amathumbu (intestines, entrails) · ru то́лстая кишка́ (large intestine) · pt entranhas (interior of something) · hu belső (interior of something) · hu gyomor (interior of something) · hu vastagbél (large intestine) · it budella (intestines, entrails) · ko 대장 (large intestine) · es tripa (intestines, entrails) · de Inneres (interior of something) · de Bauch (interior of something) · de Darm (intestines, entrails) · uk товста́ ки́шка (large intestine) · sk hrubé črevo (large intestine) · es entraña (intestines, entrails) · cmn 腸 /肠 (intestines, entrails) · nb tykktarm (intestines, entrails) · sl debelo črevo (large intestine) · sh дебело црево (large intestine) · dsb crjowo (intestines, entrails) · nb tarm (large intestine) · pt intestino (intestines, entrails) · mi terotero (intestines, entrails) · el σπλάχνα (interior of something) · th ลำไส้ใหญ่ (large intestine) · nl dikke darm (large intestine) · el έντερο (intestines, entrails) · fi paksusuoli (large intestine) · ro sân (interior of something) · ro intestin gros (large intestine) · ro pântece (interior of something) · ca entranyes (intestines, entrails) · te పేగులు (intestines, entrails) · el έγκατα (interior of something) · fa-ira رودِهٔ بُزُرْگ (large intestine) · bg черва́ (intestines, entrails) · az yoğun bağırsaq (large intestine) · it interiora (interior of something) · es intestino (intestines, entrails) · de Eingeweide (interior of something) · el μύχια (interior of something) · my အူမကြီး (large intestine) · eo dika intesto (large intestine) · sh debelo crijevo (large intestine) · el παχύ έντερο (large intestine) · fr entrailles (seat of pity or gentler emotions) · it intestino crasso (large intestine) · uk вну́трощі (intestines, entrails) · es intestino grueso (large intestine) · ur بَڑی آنْت (large intestine) · it intestino (intestines, entrails) · ms usus besar (large intestine) · bg недра́ (interior of something) · mi kōpiro (intestines, entrails) · sh debelo crevo (large intestine) · de Dickdarm (large intestine) · pt intestino grosso (large intestine) · zu ithumbu (large intestine) · hu bél (intestines, entrails) · tr kalın bağırsak (large intestine) · da tyktarm (large intestine) · nb tykktarm (large intestine) · he קְרָבַיִם \ קרביים (interior of something) · sv grovtarm (large intestine) · fr entrailles (interior of something) · cs tlusté střevo (large intestine) · ar أَمْعَاء غَلِيظَة (large intestine) · pt entranhas (seat of pity or gentler emotions) · it viscere (intestines, entrails) · vi đại tràng (large intestine) · km ពោះវៀនធំ (large intestine) · bg въ́трешности (intestines, entrails) · pt entranha (intestines, entrails) · be то́ўстая кі́шка (large intestine) · uz yoʻgʻon ichak (large intestine) · he מְעִי (large intestine) · es entrañas (seat of pity or gentler emotions) · es entrañas (interior of something) · lo ລໍາໄສ້ໃຫຍ່ (large intestine) · fi suoli (intestines, entrails) · fi suolisto (intestines, entrails) · cim buarst (intestines, entrails) · cmn 大腸 /大肠 (large intestine) · nl ingewande (intestines, entrails) · ja 大腸 (large intestine) · ota باغرساق (intestines, entrails) · pl jelito grube (large intestine) · eu errai (large intestine) · eu heste (large intestine) · ko 창자 (intestines, entrails) · ca budells (intestines, entrails) · fr gros intestin (large intestine)

bowel en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • bou'əl
  • /baʊl/
  • /ˈbaʊ.əl/
  • boul

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French bouel, from Old French boïel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”). Doublet of boyau.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) To disembowel.
    • Their bodies are first bowelled, then dried upon hurdles till they be very dry [...]. 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 149:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bowels Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
boweling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
bowelled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
bowelled Tense=Past UK lexicographic
boweled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
boweled Tense=Past US lexicographic
bowelling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic

Relateds

large bowel · colon · small intestine · tharm · laxative · small bowel