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English Dictionary: womb	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for womb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
womb n a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus Synonym(s): uterus, womb
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Womb \Womb\, v. t. To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Womb \Womb\ (w[oomac]m), n. [OE. wombe, wambe, AS. wamb, womb; akin to D. wam belly, OS. & OHG. wamba, G. wamme, wampe, Icel. v[94]mb, Sw. v[aring]mb, Dan. vom, Goth. wamba.] 1. The belly; the abdomen. [Obs.] --Chaucer. And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that the hogs eat, and no man gave him. --Wyclif (Luke xv. 16). An I had but a belly of any indifferency, I were simply the most active fellow in Europe. My womb, my womb, my womb undoes me. --Shak. 2. (Anat.) The uterus. See {Uterus}. 3. The place where anything is generated or produced. The womb of earth the genial seed receives. --Dryden. 4. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything. The center spike of gold Which burns deep in the bluebell's womb. --R. Browning.