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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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waits
English
Pronunciation
- Homophones: weights
Noun
waits
- plural of wait
Noun
waits pl (plural only)
- (Britain) A group of singers or musicians performing in the streets, especially around Christmas.
Verb
waits
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wait
Anagrams
- Swati, waist
waits From the web:
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- what waits in the water
- what waits below
- what waits in the water movie
- what waits for no man
- what waits in the woods movie
- what waits in the woods summary
- what waits in the woods book
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