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inseam
English
Etymology
in- +? seam
Pronunciation
- (noun) IPA(key): /??nsi?m/
- (verb) IPA(key): /?n?si?m/
Noun
inseam (plural inseams)
- The seam of a trouser up the inside of the leg.
Translations
Verb
inseam (third-person singular simple present inseams, present participle inseaming, simple past and past participle inseamed)
- (transitive) To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix.
See also
- ankle
- calf
- thigh
Further reading
Anagrams
- Amiens, Eisman, Emsian, Iseman, Sinema, amines, animes, animés, manies, mesian
inseam From the web:
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waist
English
Alternative forms
- waste, wast (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English waste, wast (“stature, waist”), from Old English w?st, *w?xt, from Proto-Germanic *wahstuz (“growth, development, stature, build”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?weg-s- (“to multiply, increase”). Cognate with Middle High German wahst (“growth”), Danish vækst (“growth”), Swedish växt (“growth, development, size”), Icelandic vöxtur (“growth”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (wahstus, “growth”). Related to Old English weaxan (“to grow, increase”). More at wax.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /we?st/
- Rhymes: -e?st
- Homophone: waste
Noun
waist (plural waists)
- The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
- A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
- The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
- The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
- (nautical) That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 18
- There he stood, very quietly overlooking some sailmakers who were mending a top-sail in the waist.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 18
- (obsolete) The middle part of anything.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (uesuto)
Translations
Further reading
- Waist in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- Waist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Swati, Waits, waits
Gothic
Romanization
waist
- Romanization of ????????????????????
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /west/
- (Mid Northern Scots) IPA(key): /w?ist/
Noun
waist (plural waists)
- waist
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