9 definitions found for disembowel

Disembowel DISEMBOWEL, v.t. [dis and embowel.] To take out the bowels; to take or draw from the bowels, as the web of a spider.

disembowel v 1: remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken" [syn: disembowel, eviscerate, draw]

disembowel 1603, from dis- + embowel. Earlier form was disbowel (c.1440); embowel, with the same meaning, is attested from 1521.

disembowel transitive verb Date: 1618 1. to take out the bowels of ; eviscerate 2. to remove the substance of <a program disemboweled by spending cuts> • disembowelment noun

disembowel
v.tr. (-embowelled, -embowelling; US -emboweled, -emboweling) remove the bowels or entrails of.
Derivatives:
disembowelment n.

disembowel (disembowels, disembowelling, disembowelled) Note: in AM, use 'disemboweling', 'disemboweled' To disembowel a person or animal means to remove their internal organs, especially their stomach, intestines, and bowels. It shows a fox being disembowelled by a pack of hounds. = gut VERB: V n

disembowel ˌdɪsɪmˈbauəl v.tr. (-embowelled, -embowelling; US -emboweled, -emboweling) remove the bowels or entrails of. øødisembowelment n.

Disembowel Dis`em*bow"el (d[i^]s`[e^]m*bou"[e^]l), v. t. [See Embowel.] 1. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate. Soon after their death, they are disemboweled. --Cook. Roaring floods and cataracts that sweep From disemboweled earth the virgin gold. --Thomson. 2. To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider. [R.] ``Her disemboweled web.'' --J. Philips.

disembowel v. a. Eviscerate, embowel, take out the bowels of.