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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
blouse, bodice, center, core, corsage, diameter, diaphragm, dickey, equator, heart, interior, kernel, linen, mean, median, middle, midmost, midriff, midst, nucleus, shift, shirt, thick, thick of things, waistline, zone
Dictionary Results for waist:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
waist
    n 1: the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips [syn:
         waist, waistline]
    2: the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide
       part of the sole [syn: shank, waist]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Waist \Waist\, n. [OE. wast; originally, growth, akin to AS.
   weaxan to grow; cf. AS. w[ae]stm growth. See Wax to grow.]
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   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.
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            I am in the waist two yards about.    --Shak.
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   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.
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   3. A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body
      from the neck or shoulders to the waist line.
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   4. A girdle or belt for the waist. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   Waist anchor. See Sheet anchor, 1, in the Vocabulary.
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