Definition of 'waist'
Word forms: waists
1. countable noun
Your waist is the middle part of your body where it narrows slightly above your hips.
Ricky kept his arm around her waist.
2. countable noun
The waist of a garment such as a dress, coat, or pair of
pants is the part of it which covers the middle part of your body.
She tucked her thumbs into the waist of her trousers.
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waist in American English
noun
1.
the part of the body between the ribs and the hips
2.
a.
the part of a garment that covers the waist
c.
the part of a garment covering the body from the
shoulders to a line above the hips
5. Nautical
the central section of a ship; specif., the part of the
deck between the
forecastle and the
quarterdeck
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Word origin
ME wast < base of OE weaxan, to grow,
wax1: sense development: growth (of body), hence size, thickness
Word Frequency
waist in British English
noun
3.
the
middle part of an object that resembles the waist in narrowness or position
4.
the middle part of a ship
6.
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Derived forms
waistless (ˈwaistless) adjective
Word origin
C14: origin uncertain; related to Old English wæstm wax2Examples of 'waist' in a sentence
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parts of an aircraft,
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short for Pitot-static tube, esp one fitted to an aircraft
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an aircraft cockpit canopy hinged at the front and rear
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the rear edge of a propeller blade or aerofoil
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the enclosed part of a light aircraft in which the pilot and passengers sit
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waist
British English: waist
/weɪst/ NOUN
Your waist is the middle part of your body, above your hips.
He put his arm around her waist.
- American English: waist
- Arabic: خَصْر
- Brazilian Portuguese: cintura
- Chinese: 腰部
- Croatian: struk
- Czech: pas část těla
- Danish: talje
- Dutch: taille
- European Spanish: cintura
- Finnish: vyötärö
- French: taille milieu du corps
- German: Taille
- Greek: μέση μέρος σώματος
- Italian: vita cintola
- Japanese: ウエスト
- Korean: 허리
- Norwegian: midje
- Polish: talia
- European Portuguese: cintura
- Romanian: talie
- Russian: талия
- Spanish: cintura
- Swedish: midja
- Thai: เอว
- Turkish: bel
- Ukrainian: талія
- Vietnamese: eo
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