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midriff

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mid·riff  (mdrf)
n.
1. See diaphragm.
2. The middle outer portion of the front of the human body, extending roughly from just below the breast to the waistline.

[Middle English midrif, from Old English midhrif : midd, mid; see mid1 + hrif, belly; see kwrep- in Indo-European roots.]

midriff adj.

midriff
Noun
1. the middle part of the human body between waist and chest
2. Anat same as diaphragm (sense 1) [Old English midhrif mid belly]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.midriffmidriff - the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"
region, area - a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region"
torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
2.midriff - (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration
tissue layer, membrane - a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants
muscle system, muscular structure, musculature - the muscular system of an organism
torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
Translations
Spanish midriff [ˈmɪdrɪf] ndiafragma m
French midriff [ˈmɪdrɪf] nestomac m, taille f
German midriff [ˈmɪdrɪf] nTaille f
Italian midriff [ˈmɪdrɪf] ndiaframma m

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202-223) First Loud-croaker wounded Lickman in the belly, right through the midriff.
As he stood there, gazing into the middle distance, an individual of dishevelled aspect sidled up, a vagrant of almost the maximum seediness, from whose midriff there protruded a trayful of a strange welter of collar-studs, shoe-laces, rubber rings, buttonhooks, and dying roosters.
In truth, hardy as the man was, his neck had been assuredly broken had he not pitched head first on the very midriff of the drunken artist, who was slumbering so peacefully in the corner, all unaware of these stirring doings.
 
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