{"def":{"short":"used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively)","long":["internal organs, inward parts, bowels, intestines, belly",["inward parts","digestive organs","organs of procreation, womb","place of emotions or distress or love (figuratively)","external belly"]]},"deriv":"from an unused root probably meaning to be soft","pronun":{"ipa":"meˈʕɛ","ipa_mod":"meˈʕɛ","sbl":"mēʿe","dic":"may-EH","dic_mod":"may-EH"}}