Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - waist

(waists) 1. Your waist is the middle part of your body where it narrows slightly above your hips. Ricky kept his arm round her waist... He was stripped to the waist. N-COUNT: oft poss N • -waisted Sarah looked slender-waisted, fragile and very beautiful. COMB in ADJ 2. The waist of a garment such as a dress, coat, or pair of trousers is the part of it which covers the middle part of your body. N-COUNT • -waisted ...high-waisted dresses. COMB in ADJ