Results for waist

Definitions of waist:

part of speech: noun

The smallest part of the human trunk, between the ribs and the hips: the middle part of a ship.

part of speech: noun

The narrowest part of the body, just below the ribs; the slender middle part of anything; a garment, or that section of a garment, which covers the body from shoulders to belt; the middle part of a vessel's deck between the forecastle and quarterdeck.

Usage examples for waist:

• She made mother strip down to her waist and then took a carriage whup an' beat her until the blood was runnin' down her back. "Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2", Work Projects Administration

• She rose and put her arm around his waist walking beside him. "The Mettle of the Pasture", James Lane Allen

• The little General's arm clasped the waist closer as he turned his face nearer to hers, and said: " Don't you think it would be pleasanter if we went as man and wife?" "The-Life-of-Phineas-T-Barnum", Benton, Joel

• He swung the girl by the waist with his free arm. "The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story", Various