bowel

«bowel» in Mova's school dictionary: The long tube in the body below the stomach, also called… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a bowel, bowels)

meaning for a pupil

1) The long tube in the body below the stomach, also called the intestines, where food is digested and waste is formed. tree →

2) (bowels) The inside of the body's gut. tree →

3) The bowels of something: the deepest inside part: the bowels of the earth, the bowels of the ship. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons the bowel is part of the digestive system; doctors ask about "bowel movements" (a polite word for going to the toilet for a poo). In stories "the bowels of the ship" means deep down inside it. Phrases: bowel movement, the bowels of, large bowel, small bowel.

examples

• Food passes from the stomach into the bowel. tree →
• The doctor asked if his bowels were working normally. tree →
• Fibre helps keep your bowels healthy. tree →
• The engine room was deep in the bowels of the ship. tree →
• The miners went down into the bowels of the earth. tree →
• The large bowel absorbs water from waste. tree →
• Fifty doors flew open before him, and at length he reached a long flight of steps which seemed to lead into the bowels of the earth. tree →

note

Often plural: bowels. "Bowel movement" is the polite, medical way to talk about pooing. Do not confuse with "bowl" (a dish) or "vowel" (a letter like a, e, i, o, u).

In the corpora

• "Number two" means a poo, emptying the bowels; children and parents use it.
• "Bowel movement" is the doctor's word for a poo.
• My bowels, my bowels!
• Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
• and twenty bowels of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bowel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.