embowel

  • 1Embowel — Em*bow el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emboweled}or {Embowelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emboweling} or {Embowelling}.] 1. To disembowel. [1913 Webster] The barbarous practice of emboweling. Hallam. [1913 Webster] The boar . . . makes his trough In your… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2embowel — index eviscerate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3embowel — [em bou′əl] vt. emboweled or embowelled, emboweling or embowelling [OFr enboweler, altered < esboueler < es (L ex), out of + bouel, BOWEL] 1. rare var. of DISEMBOWEL 2. Obs. to embed deeply …

    English World dictionary

  • 4embowel — transitive verb ( eled or elled; eling or elling) Date: 1521 1. disembowel 2. obsolete enclose …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 5embowel — /em bow euhl, bowl /, v.t., emboweled, emboweling or (esp. Brit.) embowelled, embowelling. 1. to disembowel. 2. Obs. to enclose. [1515 25; EM 1 + BOWEL] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 6embowel — verb /ɛmˈbaʊ.əl/ To remove the bowels; disembowel …

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  • 7embowel — v. disembowel, gut, eviscerate; remove the internal contents of …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 8embowel — v. a. 1. Eviscerate, disembowel, paunch, gut, take out the bowels or entrails of, free from the viscera. 2. Embed, bury, hide, conceal …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 9embowel — em·bowel …

    English syllables

  • 10embowel — em•bow•el [[t]ɛmˈbaʊ əl, ˈbaʊl[/t]] v. t. eled, el•ing (esp. brit.) elled, el•ling. 1) to disembowel 2) Obs. to enclose • Etymology: 1515–25 …

    From formal English to slang

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