Definitions for waist

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waist waist

Spelling: [weyst]

IPA: /weɪst/

Waist is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in waist (aistw).

Definitions for waist

noun

1. the part of the body in humans between the ribs and the hips, usually the narrowest part of the torso.
2. the part of a garment covering this part of the body.
3. blouse (def 1).
4. the part of a one-piece garment covering the body from the neck or shoulders more or less to the waistline, especially this part of a woman's or child's garment.
5. a child's undergarment to which other articles of apparel may be attached.
6. the part of an object, especially a central or middle part, that resembles or is analogous to the human waist:
7. Nautical. the central part of a ship; that part of the deck between the forecastle and the quarterdeck.
8. the constricted portion of the abdomen of certain insects, as a wasp.

Origin of waist

1300-50; Middle English wast, apocopated variant of wastum, Old English wæstm growth, form, figure; akin to wax²

Examples for waist

He was paralyzed from the waist down, a World War II veteran and had six weeks to live.

The Sikh wears his hair down to his waist; the Pathan shaves his head.

He slipped his hand from Maggie's and slowly put his arm round her waist.

Johnny Rosenfeld still lay in his ward, inert from the waist down.

She is wearing a crop top, and Andrew has his arm wrapped around her waist.

Another model, covered from head to waist in white flowers, danced.

Stand fast with the anchors in the waist, and be ready for a cast.

She says her posts have changed from flirty Maxim-style bikini shots to controlled images from the waist up.

His arm was about her waist, and hers rested on his shoulder.

A naked dancer held a towel around his waist as he slicks back his hair in the ladies toilets.