intestine
part of speech
noun (an intestine, intestines; the intestines)
meaning for a pupil
1) The intestines are the long tubes in your belly that food passes through after the stomach. tree →
2) The small intestine takes the useful parts of food into the blood. tree →
3) The large intestine takes in water and pushes out waste as poo. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons about the human body and the digestive system, food goes mouth → oesophagus (food pipe) → stomach → small intestine → large intestine. The small intestine is long, around 6 metres in an adult, folded up inside you. Animals have intestines too. Words: gut, bowel, digestion.
examples
- Food goes from your stomach into your small intestine. tree →
- The small intestine is longer than the large intestine. tree →
- The large intestine soaks up water from waste. tree →
- Your intestines are coiled up inside your belly. tree →
- We drew the digestive system with the intestines in it. tree →
- Fibre in fruit and vegetables helps your intestines work well. tree →
- A cow has very long intestines to digest grass. tree →
- The doctor said the pain was in his intestine. tree →
note
Usually plural: the intestines. «Small» and «large» are about width, not length: the small intestine is narrower but much longer. «Gut» and «bowel» are everyday words for intestines. Spelled -ine, said «in-TES-tin».
In the corpora
- The large intestine soaks up water and salts from what is left, and its bacteria break down some of the fibre.
- Swallowed chewing gum does not stick your intestines (your guts) together; it passes through in a day or two.
- Most digested food passes into the blood in the small intestine.
- The small intestine of an adult is about six metres (about 20 feet) long.
- The large intestine takes water back from what is left.
Trees and pragmatics
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