middle

noun

A centre, midpoint.

The part between the beginning and the end.

The central part of a human body; the waist.

(politics) the center of the political spectrum.

(grammar) The middle voice.

(cricket) The middle stump.

A sheading of the Isle of Man.

verb

(cricket, transitive) To strike (the ball) with the middle portion of the face of the bat.

(obsolete, transitive) To take a middle view of.

(obsolete, nautical, transitive) To double (a rope) into two equal portions; to fold in the middle.

adjective

Located in the middle; in between.

Central.

(grammar) Pertaining to the middle voice.

Synonyms for middle

centern halfwayadv midadj midwayadv middlemostadj midmostadj midstn midpointn midriffn intermediateadj centraladj interjacentadj

Words related to middle

midsectionn mediallyadv betweenadv middlebuster middlebreakern medius endn midstreamn upperadj amid betwixtadv recenteradj acrossadv inn centreingn midlinen

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