womb

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/wuːm/

noun 5verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

fertile | barren

VERB + WOMB

carry sth in

A baby develops and grows while carried in the mother's womb for about nine months.

emerge from

The child emerged from the womb healthy and weighing seven pounds.

WOMB + NOUN

lining

PREP

in the/your ~

The baby develops in the womb for about nine months before birth.

PHRASES

the lining/neck/wall of the womb

Definitions

noun

In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.

I danced myself right out the womb / Is it strange to dance so soon?

The abdomen or stomach.

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[…].

The stomach of a person or creature.

A place where something is made or formed.

The womb of earth the genial seed receives.

The shadows of the future hours rose dark and menacing from the womb of time [...]

Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.

The centre spike of gold Which burns deep in the blue-bell's womb.

verb

To enclose in a womb, or as if in a womb; to breed or hold in secret.

she grew round-wombed

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females

uterus

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

from womb to tomb

Synonym of from the cradle to the grave.

Example Bank

I danced myself right out the womb / Is it strange to dance so soon?

Wiktionary

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[…].

Wiktionary

The womb of earth the genial seed receives.

Wiktionary

she grew round-wombed

Wiktionary

Surely he can not enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!

Tatoeba · #31515

The child followeth the womb.

Tatoeba · #245954

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, womb is marked as obsolete, figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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