waist : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: waist	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for waist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waist n the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips [syn: waist, waistline] the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole Synonym(s): shank, waist
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waist \Waist\, n. [OE. wast; originally, growth, akin to AS. weaxan to grow; cf. AS. w[91]stm growth. See {Wax} to grow.] 1. That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips. --Chaucer. I am in the waist two yards about. --Shak. 2. Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship. 3. A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line. 4. A girdle or belt for the waist. [Obs.] --Shak. {Waist anchor}. See {Sheet anchor}, 1, in the Vocabulary.