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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
waist
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
chest/waist/knee etc high (=as high as your chest etc)
▪ The grass was knee-high.
paralysed from the neck/chest/waist down
sb's waist/chest/leg etc measurement
▪ What is his waist measurement?
stripped to the waist (=not wearing any clothes on the top half of his body)
▪ Eric stood in the hot sun, stripped to the waist.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
elasticated
▪ They have an elasticated waist and three pockets and a cotton inner lining.
▪ Draw string elasticated waist, gripped elastic legs.
▪ The trousers have two zipped side pockets elasticated waist and zip opening cuffs for slipping over those ubiquitous trainers.
▪ Other features: elasticated drawstring at waist, elasticated ankle.
▪ Cotton floral leggings with elasticated waist, £23.90, XS-L from Benetton.
high
▪ Elevation Lie or sit with your legs raised higher than your waist.
▪ His shirt was casually unbuttoned at the chest, the trousers high at the waist and tight about his hips.
▪ The skirting-board grew high as her waist.
naked
▪ He pulled it off and threw it behind him, revealing himself naked to the waist.
▪ And a woman stripped naked to the waist, her luxuriant, flowered yellow hat vibrating against a deep black ground.
▪ The men and women who wear this garment are naked above the waist.
▪ All were naked to the waist, and their bodies quivered and trembled rhythmically to the beat of their instruments.
▪ Throughout the experiment subjects wore no shoes and were naked below the waist.
narrow
▪ John slipped his arm around Ixora's narrow waist, guiding her ahead of him.
▪ She stooped, setting the tray down, and Claudine put a hand around her narrow waist, detaining her.
▪ Her narrow waist swayed and her hips lifted and dropped with each step.
▪ She had a narrow waist and a rich small belly.
▪ Her narrow waist emphasised the rounded curve of her hips and plump hindquarters.
▪ As my eyes continued their upward sweep they paused to take in her narrow waist and slim athletic figure.
small
▪ He was surprised at how small her waist was.
▪ Holding her small, hard waist, he spun her round.
▪ My waist was so small, they said they had never seen anyone with such a small waist.
▪ It appeared to be a small waist.
▪ It was a small waist; he knew all about her waist.
tiny
▪ Her tiny waist and substantial bosom turned heads right across the bar.
▪ And with this dress she needs a tiny waist.
■ NOUN
height
▪ The foot is brought up to waist height, then quickly snapped out in a thrusting motion.
▪ A wooden rail at waist height barred their way; they must be very close to the edge of the cliff.
▪ Cooking was done on an open, charcoal-burning stove, built at waist height, often in the corner of the kitchen.
level
▪ The controls are at waist level with simmer settings on all hotplate burners.
▪ The walls were beige up to about waist level, then turned off-white.
▪ However, the wall of the dock extended above waist level.
▪ The base of the bag should rest at waist level.
▪ He stood for a moment, gun held loosely at waist level, trying to get his bearings.
▪ Hold a handweight in each hand at waist level.
■ VERB
belt
▪ She was dressed in a long white robe of finely pleated linen, which was belted loosely at the waist.
bend
▪ He pulled, and managed to bend forwards at the waist like an oarsman.
▪ Then I bend at the waist, and with a strike of a match, I set the last prairie on fire.
▪ Slowly bend from the waist, lowering the bar towards the floor and keeping the legs straight.
▪ She bends forward from the waist.
▪ Instead, stiff legged, he merely bends at the waist like a man twice his 37 years.
grab
▪ Rory jumped out and grabbed her round the waist.
▪ Gao Ma grabbed her around the waist and held her for a moment.
▪ I grabbed Tiger around the waist, my chin against his chest.
hold
▪ Trampling over the mounds of debris, he swung her round, holding her by the waist.
▪ She enjoyed witty remarks and jokes, and would hold her waist in both hands and bend double with laughter.
pull
▪ He put his arms around her waist and pulled her so hard she lost her balance.
▪ As she scrambled from his reach, he seized her around the waist and pulled her back to him.
▪ She felt his hands on her waist, pulling her ruthlessly away from the box so that she was forced to withdraw her hand.
strip
▪ Many of the men who sat outside the tents were stripped to the waist and some of them were barefoot.
▪ And a woman stripped naked to the waist, her luxuriant, flowered yellow hat vibrating against a deep black ground.
▪ Five young men, already in custody, were stripped to the waist.
▪ When insulted, they stripped to the waist, put on hideous driftwood masks and sang nasty songs at each other.
▪ The well-endowed prisoners all strip to the waist and begin sweating and grunting as they struggle to free the craft.
▪ He was stripped to the waist, tanned and big-shouldered, in remarkable condition for a man of his age.
▪ He took off his jacket, tossed his tie to one side and stripped to the waist.
tie
▪ It consisted of the straight robe mentioned above, with an elaborate flounced and layered over-skirt tied on at the waist.
▪ They strap your wrists down to your bed and they tie your waist and your feet down to the bed.
wear
▪ Connor in vest and trousers - Huw Pritchard stripped to the waist, wearing boxing-gloves, shorts and plimsolls.
wrap
▪ But what is all that leaping into each others' arms, Peli with his legs wrapped round Jairzinho's waist?
▪ Mom stands upright, her skis over her shoulder, a pair of climbing skins wrapped jauntily about her waist.
▪ He had forgotten the rope wrapped round his waist.
▪ There were porters sitting there who had ropes wrapped around their waists.
▪ He stood there, red-shirted, on the steps, his coat wrapped around his waist.
▪ She whirled to face him, braced for further interrogation, her arms wrapped defensively across her waist.
▪ She just felt hopelessly entangled in the strong brown arms that were wrapped around her waist.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The dress emphasized her tiny waist.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Even a thickening waist, while annoying, can be construed as a viewer problem, to an extent.
▪ He pulled, and managed to bend forwards at the waist like an oarsman.
▪ He was black from shoes to waist.
▪ John slipped his arm around Ixora's narrow waist, guiding her ahead of him.
▪ The walls were beige up to about waist level, then turned off-white.
▪ The well-endowed prisoners all strip to the waist and begin sweating and grunting as they struggle to free the craft.
▪ They were loose around the waist and the legs seemed endless, but the hips fitted nice and snugly.
▪ Unaware that she was holding her breath, Isabel slowly slid her arms around his waist.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Waist

Waist \Waist\, n. [OE. wast; originally, growth, akin to AS. weaxan to grow; cf. AS. w[ae]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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
waist

late 14c., "middle part of the body," also "part of a garment fitted for the waist, portion of a garment that covers the waist" (but, due to fashion styles, often above or below it), probably from Old English *wæst "growth," hence, "where the body grows," from Proto-Germanic *wahs-tu- (cognates: Old English wæstm, Old Norse vöxtr, Swedish växt, Old High German wahst "growth, increase," Gothic wahstus "stature," Old English weaxan "to grow" see wax (v.)), from PIE *wegs-, extended form of root *aug- (1) "to increase" (see augment).

Wiktionary
waist

n. 1 The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach. 2 A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist. 3 The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps). 4 The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft. 5 (context nautical English) That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.

WordNet
waist
  1. n. the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips [syn: waistline]

  2. the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole [syn: shank]

Wikipedia
Waist

The waist is the part of the abdomen between the rib cage and hips. On people with slim bodies, the waist is the narrowest part of the torso.

The waistline refers to the horizontal line where the waist is narrowest, or to the general appearance of the waist.

Waist (disambiguation)

Waist is the narrow point of the body between the ribcage and hips. Other meanings derive from this by extension.

  • Waist (clothing) is also a term for the bodice of a dress or for a blouse or woman's shirt.
  • Waist, a variant of waistline, the line of demarcation between the upper and lower portions of a garment, which notionally corresponds to the natural waist but may vary with fashion from just below the bust to the upper hips
  • Waist, a constriction in the body of musical instruments
  • Waist, the narrowest part of a laser beam, see Gaussian beam
  • W.A.I.S.T., acronym for an international softball tournament held in West Africa every year
Waist (clothing)

Waist was a common term in the United States for the bodice of a dress or for a blouse or woman's shirt from the early 19th century through the Edwardian period.

A shirtwaist was originally a separate blouse constructed like a shirt; i.e., of shirting fabric with turnover collar and cuffs and a front button closure. In the later Victorian period the term became applied more generally to unlined blouses with relatively simple construction and usually of a cotton or linen fabric, but often highly ornamented with embroidery and lace.

From the mid-20th century, shirtwaist referred to a dress with the upper portion (the bodice and sleeves) fashioned like a man's shirt, with a turnover collar and buttons down the front. Different embroidery were added to the shirtwaist, like rhinestones and different patterns.

Usage examples of "waist".

His ague had caused him to swathe his throat and chin with a broad linen cravat, and he wore a loose damask powdering-gown secured by a cord round the waist.

The alchemist aimed a finger at the woman and her hair grew to her waist.

Seregil paid his price without quibbling and Maklin threw in a sword belt, showing Alec how to wrap it twice around his waist 63 and fix the lacings so that the blade hung at the proper angle against his left hip.

Flinging his sword aside, he seized Alec around the waist and heaved him over the parapet.

It showed a man in antique clothing standing behind a fossil ammonite that almost reached his waist.

In front of him as he sat on the angareb her eyes were at the same level as his waist.

At her waist the tapestry aulmoniere remained firmly attached, though bedraggled.

Now she watched everything avidly, her grip on his waist and the back of his saddle just enough to keep her steady and balanced, and when he looked back at her, she was smiling, and her kohl-lined eyes were wide and bright.

He clenched his fist over the golden axes on his black tunic coat and bowed jerkily from the waist.

She were lying under a down quiltme wedding gift to the bride, Hindoo lady up in Ponda sewed it for mebut just as we came in she shrugged it off, and you could see her bare as a babby to the waist.

Its clothing was singular, to say the leasthigh-topped brogans of black leather, baggy pantaloons and baggier shirt of what looked to be a good-quality cloth in the hue of a dark-green olive, what might have been a broad sword belt cinching the waist, but no visible weapons and no armor except the close-fitting helmet.

The men throw several baht notes onto the bar, then depart, thick arms clasped around the tiny waists of their companions.

He had a bandanna for a headband, sunglasses, a collection of silver pendants around his neck on cords, a water bottle at his waist, no shirt, baggy shorts, and Velcro-strapped sandals.

Anoshi and Bap were dressed in the undersuiting that went with their spacesuits, including even biomedical sensors and the semi-bulky EMU urine collection systems about their crotches and waists.

The cadaver is shown from the waist up, so I cannot say whether Barbet dressed him Jesus-style in swaddling undergarments, but I can say that he bears an uncanny resemblance to the monologuist Spalding Gray.