middled

Variant of middle

adjective

  1. halfway between two given points, times, limits, etc.; also, equally distant from all sides or extremities; in the center; mean
  2. in between; intermediate; intervening
  3. Gram.
    1. denoting the voice or form of a verb whose subject is represented as acting reflexively, or upon itself: in Greek, such verbs are usually passive in grammatical form
    2. in or of the middle voice
  4. Geol. designating a division of a period or a formation between those called Upper and Lower
  5. designating a stage in language development intermediate between those called Old and Modern: Middle English

Origin: ME middel < OE < midd-, mid + -el, -le

noun

  1. a point or part halfway between extremes; middle point, part, time, etc.
  2. something intermediate
  3. the middle part of the body; waist
  4. Gram. the middle voice
  5. middle term

transitive verb, intransitive verb middled, middling

to put in the middle
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