Waist

Definitions: Waist

Waist

Noun

1. The narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips.

2. The narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "waist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Waist \Waist\, noun. [from Old English expression wast; originally, growth, akin to Anglo-Saxon weaxan to grow; compare to Anglo-Saxon w[ae]stm growth. See Wax to grow.]. (Websters 1913)

Industry

Metallurgy

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Waist

Narrowness Thinness

Middle constriction, stricture, neck, waist, isthmus, wasp, hourglass; ridge, ghaut, ghat, pass; ravine.

Crosswords: Waist

I was stripped to the waist eating a block of cheese the size of a car battery! (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

Forty-eight waist with the balloon seat, right? (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Clark, Audrey's frozen from the waist down. (Christmas Vacation; writing credit: John Hughes)

Had 'em going around my waist like a little belt. (NewsRadio; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks)

Put his arms around your waist, held you tight (Silhouettes; performing artist: Herman's Hermits)

Skirt around my waist (Any Time, Any Place; performing artist: Janet Jackson)

Your legs around my waist so tight (Pretty Girl; performing artist: Jon B.)

Let's not pretend, they wanna pack pistol by they waist men (Doo Wop (That Thing); performing artist: Lauryn Hill)

Necklace around your waist, toe rings girl do your thang (Fatty Girl; performing artist: Ludacris)

Elvis: From the Waist Up (1997)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• 32 Days to a 32-Inch Waist (reference)

• Garfield Goes to Waist, No 18 (reference)

• The Lowfat Mexican Cookbook: True Mexican Taste Without the Waist (reference)

• Waist Deep in Black Water (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Waist Watch (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Elvis - The Great Performances, Vol. 3 - From the Waist Up (reference)

• Weight Watchers Easy Shape-Up: Healthy Back & Waist Workout (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Three Guys Naked From The Waist Down (1985 Original Off-Broadway Cast) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Waist Deep in the Big Muddy and Other Love Songs (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Case Logic DVC40 Compact Digital Camcorder Waist Pack (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• BOLLINGER INDUSTRIES ST1201 waist trimmer (reference)

• DeWalt D5101LG Heavy Duty Top Grain Leather Tool Belt, Waist 36" to 48" (reference)

• DeWalt D5103SM Top Grain Leather Electrician's Tool Belt, Waist 28-36" (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown is a woman radiology technician preparing a 42 year old white woman for a mammogram. Both the technician and the woman are shown from the waist up. The technician is positioning the paddle used to compress the breast. The patient's face is turned towards the technician, away from the camera. Her right shoulder is raised obscuring the breast.Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Adult white woman is performing breast self-examination (BSE) in the shower. Her left arm is raised and she is examining her left breast. She is nude from the waist up and the photo includes her head (with a shower cap) to her waist area.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

[Slacks and khaki waist for U.S. Army nurses].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Catapults four F8U "Crusader" jet fighters in quick succession from her bow and waist catapults, during operations in the eastern Pacific, circa 1958. An F4D "Skyray" fighter is partially visible in the foreground. Ship at left is USS Thetis Bay (CVHA-1).Credit: NAVY.

Launches a bomb-laden A-7A "Corsair II" attack aircraft from one of her waist catapults, during operations in the Gulf of Tonkin in January 1968. Photographed by PH1 Donald F. Grantham.Credit: NAVY.

One of his wet, shiny arms was round Mamie's waist.Credit: Library of Congress.

No other arm around this waist.Credit: Library of Congress.

Those service uniforms on hot days. Motorman: Why don't you get a peek-a-boo waist.Credit: Library of Congress.

Thurmond, nude from waist down, and Holmes, nude, hanging from tree after being lynched, San Jose, Calif.Credit: Library of Congress.

Unidentified man, about 40 years of age and a boy about 14 years of age, full-length portraits, nearly facing front, the man, seated, looking slightly to the left, his arm around the waist of the boy standing to the left, looking slightly to the right.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

At times, her chemise, unfastened and torn, fell almost to her waist.

She could love some clean athlete who washed himself every morning to the waist and had black hair on his chest.

He slipped out the doorway into the slowly moving water, and it rose nearly to his waist before he struck bottom.

I let my shirt down to my waist, and drew up the bottom, fastening it like a girdle about my middle to hide my nakedness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

I've put on weight, especially around my waist. (references)

Avoid wearing tight clothing around your waist. (references)

You might experience a thickening around your waist. (references)

Business

For example, waist position and neck size between foreign and Japanese children are different. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "waist": elastic waist ♦ fit at the waist ♦ long waist in a dress ♦ panty waist ♦ shirt waist ♦ slender waist ♦ strip to the waist ♦ waist anchor ♦ waist belt ♦ Waist circumference ♦ waist jacket ♦ waist lock ♦ waist size ♦ wasp waist. Additional references.

Beginning with "waist": waist-band, waist-cloth, waist-coat, waist-crushing, waist-cut, waist-deep, waist-down, waist-expanding, waist-height, waist-high, waist-hip, Waist-hip-ratio, waist-hook, waist-length, waist-level, waist-line, waist-lines, waist-measurement, waist-skimming, waist-spanning, waist-string, waist-to-ankle, waist-to-shoulder.

Ending with "waist": panty-waist, shirt-waist, wasp-waist.

Containing "waist": Shirt-waist suit.

Albanian

pjesë e ngushtë (narrow), mes (bosom, bull's eye, dia-, heart, mean, medium, middle, midriff, midst, thick, waistline), korse (corselet, corset, girdle, pantie, pantie-girdle), bluzë (blouse, jumper), bel (spade, waistline). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كشح خاصرة (flank), ‏وسط (amid, amidst, among, amongst, center, centre, endo-, fair, john doe, mean, medium, middle, midst, milieu, navel, ordinary, umbilicus), ‏حقو (loin), ‏صدرة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

талия (middle), кръст (cross, loin, reins, sacrum). (various references)

Chinese 

腰部 (small of the back). (various references)

Czech

pás (band, belt, girdle, strip, waistline), opasek (girdle, waist belt, waistband), život (existence, head, life, lifetime, vivacity). (various references)

Danish

talje (block and fall, block and falls, chain block, chain hoist, hoist, pulley tackle, purchase, rigging of blocks, tackle, thallium, waistline), svang (arch, plantar arch), gelenk, bug (abdomen, belly, belt, belt zone, bilge, bosh parallel, tummy, venter). (various references)

Dutch

taille (thallium, waistline), middel (agent, fluid, means, remedy, resources, thallium, tool, waistline), leest (last, thallium, waistline). (various references)

Esperanto

talio (waistline). (various references)

Faeroese

miðja (average, mean, middle, thallium, waistline). (various references)

Farsi 

میان تنه , میان (Among, Between, Centennial, Meddle, Middling, Waistline), کمرلباس , کمربند (Belt, Fascia, Girdle, Sash, Waistline, Zone), دورکمر. (various references)

Finnish

vyötärö (loin), vyötäiset, uuma, kuve (flank, loins). (various references)

French

taille (waistline). (various references)

Frisian

mul (thallium, waistline). (various references)

German

Taille (bodice, girth, middle, midriff, thallium, waistline). (various references)

Greek 

μέση (middle, waistline). (various references)

Hebrew 

מותן (hip, loin), מות� יים, תחום �"מותן. (various references)

Hungarian

tornác (arcade, gallery, porch, veranda, verandah, vestibule), derék ember (heart of oak, hearty, white man). (various references)

Indonesian

pinggang (loin, middle, side). (various references)

Inuktitut

qitiq. (various references)

Italian

vita (age, being, life, life of a lamp, lifetime, life-time, living, span, Vita, waistline). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

腰部 (hips, loins, pelvic region). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

どうまわり (girth, measurement around waist), ウェスト , ウエスト (west), ようぶ (hips, loins, pelvic region, Western-style dance). (various references)

Korean 

허리. (various references)

Malay

pinggang (thallium, waistline). (various references)

Manx

bouin (bodice). (various references)

Papiamen

taya (thallium, waistline). (various references)

Pig Latin

aistway

Portuguese

cintura (belt, cincture, girdle, middle, waistline). (various references)

Romanian

talie (bodice, body, corsage, figure, make, middle, size, stature, waistline), partea de mijloc a viorii, mijloc (center, centre, depth, handle, instrumentality, mean, means, medium, method, middle, midst, resource, thick, vehicle, way), corsaj (bodice, corsage), brâu (band, belt, cincture, girdle, girth, list, streak, strip, waistband, zone). (various references)

Romany

mashk� r. (various references)

Russian 

талия (middle, waistline). (various references)

Scottish

meadhon (centre, middle, midst, the middle), cneas (skin). (various references)

Sepedi

letheka. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

struk (ply, stalk, stem, stipe, waistline), pojas (belt, girdle, sash, waistband, zone), pas (canine, dog). (various references)

Shona

chiuno. (various references)

Sicilian

vita. (various references)

Spanish

cintura (middle, thallium, waistline). (various references)

Swazi

lú-khâlo. (various references)

Swedish

midja (middle, waistline). (various references)

Turkish

bel (come, grubber, loin, loins, middle of the back, paddle, spade, thallium, waistline). (various references)

Turkmen 

guюaklyk, bil. (various references)

Ukranian 

стан (angle, camp, character, condition, fettle, look, plight, posture, shape, state, way), талія (girdle, middle, waistline), шкафут, кофточка (camisole, chemisette), звужена частина, ліф (waistcoat), перехват, дитяча сорочечка. (various references)

Vietnamese 

chỗ thắt lưng chỗ eo. (various references)

Welsh

gwasg (bodice, press), canol (average, mean, middle, midst), arch (ark, behest, bidding, coffin, petition, request, trunk). (various references)

ib, murub. (various references)

medium corpus. (various references)

kamar. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "waist": waistband, waistbands, waistcoat, waistcoated, waistcoats, waisted, waister, waisters, waisting, waistings, waistline, waistlines, waists. (additional references)

Words ending with "waist": pantywaist, shirtwaist. (additional references)

Words containing "waist": pantywaists, shirtwaists. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Waist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: awis, awits, laist, Owais, vaist, waic, waiet, waiit, wailt, waint, wairt, waise, waish, waiste, waisty, waity, waize, wakiest, walt, waniest, warist, warst, wasi, Wasik, wasti, wayest, wayste, weast, weist, wesit, wetist, wisty, woist, woust. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: waits.

-1 letter: aits, sati, staw, swat, taws, twas, wait, wast, wats, wist, wits.

-2 letters: ais, ait, its, sat, saw, sit, tas, taw, tis, twa, was, wat, wis, wit.

-3 letters: ai, as, at, aw, is, it, si, ta, ti.

+1 letter: awaits, pitsaw, twains, waists.

+2 letters: bawties, dawties, lawsuit, pitsaws, tawnies, tawpies, tawsing, taxwise, trishaw, waisted, waister, waiters, waniest, wapitis, wariest, wasting, wastrie, waviest, waxiest, whatsis, whatsit, wraiths.

+3 letters: awaiters, bawdiest, fawniest, flatwise, flawiest, gawkiest, inswathe, lawsuits, outwaits, pawkiest, ringtaws, sightsaw, stairway, strawier, strawing, swastica, swastika, swathing, swatting, sweatier, sweatily, sweating, tawdries, tawniest, taxiways, tideways, tinwares, trishaws, twankies, wackiest, wagtails, wainscot, waisters, waisting, waitings, waitress, wartiest, wartimes, washiest, waspiest, wasterie, wastries, waterish, weariest, whatsits, wildcats, wiretaps, wistaria, wisteria.

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