Waist Definition

wāst
noun
The narrow part of any object that is wider at the ends.
The waist of a violin.
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The part of the body between the ribs and the hips.
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The middle section of the fuselage of an airplane, esp. a bomber.
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The central section of a ship between the forecastle and the quarterdeck.
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The narrow part of the front of the abdomen of certain insects, as ants or wasps.
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Other Word Forms of Waist

Noun

Singular:
waist
Plural:
waists

Origin of Waist

  • From Middle English waste, wast (“stature, waist"), from Old English *wÇ£st, *wÇ£xt, from Proto-Germanic *wahstuz (“growth, development, stature, build"), from Proto-Indo-European *hâ‚‚weg-s- (“to multiply, increase"). Cognate with Middle High German wahst (“growth"), Danish vækst (“growth"), Swedish växt (“growth, development, size"), Icelandic vöxtur (“growth"), Gothic [script?] (wahstus, “growth"). Related to Old English weaxan (“to grow, increase"). More at wax.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English wast perhaps from Old English wæst growth, size aug- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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