WAIST


Meaning of WAIST in English

waist /weɪst/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

1 . the narrow part in the middle of the human body:

The skirt was too big around the waist.

from the waist up/down (=in the top or bottom half of your body)

Lota was paralysed from the waist down.

stripped to the waist (=not wearing any clothes on the top half of your body)

slim-waisted/narrow-waisted/thick-waisted (=having a thin, thick etc waist)

2 . [usually singular] the part of a piece of clothing that goes around this part of your body

HINT : ► Do not confuse with waste , which is used as a verb and a noun to talk about using too much of something, or not using it in a sensible way.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.