Free TranslationFree Translation
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Midriff   Listen
Midriff

noun
1.
The middle area of the human torso (usually in front).  Synonyms: middle, midsection.
2.
(anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration.  Synonym: diaphragm.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Midriff" Quotes from Famous Books



... stiffened and swelled at the taunt. "I'm a citizen and I have a right to go where I please, dressed as I please, and you don't dare to stop me. I defy you to arrest me!" Suddenly he put both his hands in Patrolman Switzer's fleshy midriff and gave him a violent shove. An outraged grunt went up from Switzer, a delighted whoop from the audience. Swept off his balance by the prospect of fruition for his design the plotter had technically been guilty before witnesses of a violent assault ...
— The Life of the Party • Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

... voiceless through excess. Waves mute appeal and sore, Above the midriff's deep distress, For breath to laugh ...
— Traffics and Discoveries • Rudyard Kipling



Words linked to "Midriff" :   region, musculature, anatomy, diaphragm, body, tissue layer, trunk, membrane, area, muscular structure, general anatomy, torso, muscle system



Copyright © 2024 e-Free Translation.com