Innards
noun
The internal organs of an animal or person.
The butcher removed the innards from the chicken before cooking.
Often appears as...
- spill your innards
- guts and innards
noun
The internal parts of an object or machine.
He opened up the computer to examine its innards.
Often appears as...
- computer innards
- machine innards
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
The internal organs of an animal or person.
The butcher removed the innards from the chicken before cooking.
Often appears as...
- spill your innards
- guts and innards
noun
The internal parts of an object or machine.
He opened up the computer to examine its innards.
Often appears as...
- computer innards
- machine innards
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Usage
More commonly used in casual situations, rather than formal ones.
When we dissected the frog in biology class, we saw all its innards.
Pro Tip 2/3Graphic Imagery
Can evoke strong visual images; often used in descriptive writing.
The novel described the innards of the beast in gory detail.
Pro Tip 3/3Not For People
While it can refer to humans, it's usually better for animals; 'organs' is more respectful for people.
The veterinarian explained the cat's innards were healthy.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Usage
More commonly used in casual situations, rather than formal ones.
When we dissected the frog in biology class, we saw all its innards.
Pro Tip 2/3Graphic Imagery
Can evoke strong visual images; often used in descriptive writing.
The novel described the innards of the beast in gory detail.
Pro Tip 3/3Not For People
While it can refer to humans, it's usually better for animals; 'organs' is more respectful for people.
The veterinarian explained the cat's innards were healthy.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Usage
More commonly used in casual situations, rather than formal ones.
When we dissected the frog in biology class, we saw all its innards.
Pro Tip 2/3Graphic Imagery
Can evoke strong visual images; often used in descriptive writing.
The novel described the innards of the beast in gory detail.
Pro Tip 3/3Not For People
While it can refer to humans, it's usually better for animals; 'organs' is more respectful for people.
The veterinarian explained the cat's innards were healthy.
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This sea creature...
In addition to startling and distracting predators, the innards of some sea cucumber species are sticky and toxic. Evisceration may seem drastic, but sea cucumbers are able to regenerate what they’ve lost to their gut reaction in just a few weeks’ time. Aside from the few species that have evolved to swim and those that feed without moving,
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Greatest Fights In The...
and if it's a chunk of say for example skin or innards they just fill their mouth and shake and shake and shake until this food literally slides down their throat there's some sort of hierarchy there they rely on each other to actually grab onto either end of a piece of prey and then they rotate in opposite directions
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Top 5 Most Dangerous...
if it's a chunk of say for example skin or innards they just pull him out and shaking shaking shaking tears food literally slides down their throat there's some sort of hierarchy there that we rely on each other to actually grab onto either end of a piece of prey and in their rotating opposite direction
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How Containerization...
and could go anywhere when the fancy took you. All that has changed. But it's not just foods. Got an iPhone? Everyone knows it was invented and designed at Cupertino in California, but who knows where the complex bits and pieces of its innards are made or assembled? Apple doesn't say.
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Top 5 Killer Crocodile...
they will just crush everything until it's in a sort of a soft enough condition that they can just swallow and if it's a chunk of say for example skin or innards they just fill their mouth and shake and shake and shake until this food literally slides down their throat
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C.K. Williams: Poetry...
Phwap! Phwap! Phwap! Something never mentioned in the dozens of books about horses and their riders I devoured in those days. All that savage grandeur, the steely glinting hooves, the eruptions driven from the creature's mighty innards,
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The life cycle of a...
it collapses under its own gravitational pressure and explodes in a supernova. The star shoots most of its innards into space, seeding the galaxy with heavy elements. But what this cataclysmic eruption leaves behind might be even more
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Building smart cities PIPE...
reasons I'm just going to give you a few one reason is this absoluteness of these buildings if the technology is really the innards of the city and the rate of obsolescence is increasing we get this
Video examples
Hippo Fights Crocodiles...
If it's a chunk of, say for example, skin or innards, they just pull him out. He's shaking, shaking, shaking until his food literally slides down their throat. There's some sort of hierarchy there.
Video examples
Rattlesnake Love PIPE...
the Diamondback is careful to align itself so it can swallow the head first that way the limbs fold neatly and the fur rugs the snake's innards the right way the Diamondback unhinges its jaws
Video examples
This sea creature...
In addition to startling and distracting predators, the innards of some sea cucumber species are sticky and toxic. Evisceration may seem drastic, but sea cucumbers are able to regenerate what they’ve lost to their gut reaction in just a few weeks’ time. Aside from the few species that have evolved to swim and those that feed without moving,
Video examples
Greatest Fights In The...
and if it's a chunk of say for example skin or innards they just fill their mouth and shake and shake and shake until this food literally slides down their throat there's some sort of hierarchy there they rely on each other to actually grab onto either end of a piece of prey and then they rotate in opposite directions
Video examples
Top 5 Most Dangerous...
if it's a chunk of say for example skin or innards they just pull him out and shaking shaking shaking tears food literally slides down their throat there's some sort of hierarchy there that we rely on each other to actually grab onto either end of a piece of prey and in their rotating opposite direction
Video examples
How Containerization...
and could go anywhere when the fancy took you. All that has changed. But it's not just foods. Got an iPhone? Everyone knows it was invented and designed at Cupertino in California, but who knows where the complex bits and pieces of its innards are made or assembled? Apple doesn't say.
Video examples
Top 5 Killer Crocodile...
they will just crush everything until it's in a sort of a soft enough condition that they can just swallow and if it's a chunk of say for example skin or innards they just fill their mouth and shake and shake and shake until this food literally slides down their throat
Video examples
C.K. Williams: Poetry...
Phwap! Phwap! Phwap! Something never mentioned in the dozens of books about horses and their riders I devoured in those days. All that savage grandeur, the steely glinting hooves, the eruptions driven from the creature's mighty innards,
Video examples
The life cycle of a...
it collapses under its own gravitational pressure and explodes in a supernova. The star shoots most of its innards into space, seeding the galaxy with heavy elements. But what this cataclysmic eruption leaves behind might be even more
Video examples
Building smart cities PIPE...
reasons I'm just going to give you a few one reason is this absoluteness of these buildings if the technology is really the innards of the city and the rate of obsolescence is increasing we get this
Video examples
Hippo Fights Crocodiles...
If it's a chunk of, say for example, skin or innards, they just pull him out. He's shaking, shaking, shaking until his food literally slides down their throat. There's some sort of hierarchy there.
Video examples
Rattlesnake Love PIPE...
the Diamondback is careful to align itself so it can swallow the head first that way the limbs fold neatly and the fur rugs the snake's innards the right way the Diamondback unhinges its jaws
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Quote examples
Kyle Hill
American Author
Thor is magical, yes, but it is the magic of reality. His hammer was crafted 'in the heart of a dying star,' but so were you! Most of the atoms that make you up are in fact the innards of a ball of gas in space that got so heavy that it exploded. Stars died so that you could live, as physicist Lawrence Krauss would say.
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Seth Shostak
American Scientist
Of course, Sol is a big ball of hot gas, but one that - thanks to its endlessly boiling innards - shakes and vibrates. By studying patterns on the Sun's surface, astronomers can learn much about Sol's internal construction.
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Sam Rockwell
American Actor
I'm happy that I'm finally getting some lines in my face. I always looked too young for the kind of roles I wanted. It was constraining. My face didn't fit my innards until I reached 40.
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Imtiaz Ali
Indian Director
My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.
Quote examples
Kyle Hill
American Author
Thor is magical, yes, but it is the magic of reality. His hammer was crafted 'in the heart of a dying star,' but so were you! Most of the atoms that make you up are in fact the innards of a ball of gas in space that got so heavy that it exploded. Stars died so that you could live, as physicist Lawrence Krauss would say.
Quote examples
Seth Shostak
American Scientist
Of course, Sol is a big ball of hot gas, but one that - thanks to its endlessly boiling innards - shakes and vibrates. By studying patterns on the Sun's surface, astronomers can learn much about Sol's internal construction.
Quote examples
Sam Rockwell
American Actor
I'm happy that I'm finally getting some lines in my face. I always looked too young for the kind of roles I wanted. It was constraining. My face didn't fit my innards until I reached 40.
Quote examples
Imtiaz Ali
Indian Director
My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.
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