| middle | |
| 1. n. A centre, midpoint. | |
| The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle. | |
| 2. n. The part between the beginning and the end. | |
| I woke up in the middle of the night. | |
| In the middle of the marathon, David collapsed from fatigue. | |
| 3. n. (cricket) The middle stump. | |
| 4. n. The central part of a human body; the waist. | |
| 5. n. (grammar) The middle voice. | |
| 6. adj. Located in the middle; in between. | |
| the middle point | |
| middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages | |
| 7. adj. Central. | |
| 8. adj. (grammar) Pertaining to the middle voice. | |
| 9. v. (nautical, transitive) To double (a rope) into two equal portions. | |
