waist

1. n. That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips. Source: opted

2. n. Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the deck">quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship. Source: opted

3. n. A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line. Source: opted

4. n. A girdle or belt for the waist. Source: opted

5. n. the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips Source: wordnet

6. n. the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole Source: wordnet

7. 1. That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips. Chaucer. I am in the waist two yards about. Shak. 2. Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship. 3. A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line. 4. A girdle or belt for the waist. [Obs.] Shak. Waist anchor. See Sheet anchor, 1, in the Vocabulary. Source: webster

8. n:100 n. the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips Source: ecdict

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