middle
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Synonyms: muddle, meddle, riddle, diddle, fiddle, piddle, tiddle, siddle, hiddle, widdle, maddle
Antonyms: muddle, meddle, riddle, diddle, fiddle, piddle, tiddle, siddle, hiddle, widdle, maddle
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Noun
- A [[centre]], [[midpoint]].
- The part between the beginning and the end.
- {{lb|en|cricket}} The [[middle stump]].
- The central part of a human body; the [[waist]].
- {{lb|en|grammar}} The [[middle voice]].
- {{lb|en|politics}} the center of the [[political spectrum]].
- An [[essay]] on social or literary issues in a [[newspaper]] or [[magazine]], originally placed between the leading articles and the reviews.
Adjective
- Located in the middle; [[in between]].
- [[central|Central]].
- {{lb|en|grammar}} Pertaining to the [[middle voice]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|obsolete|transitive}} To take a middle view of. {{defdate|17th–18th c.}}
- {{lb|en|obsolete|nautical|transitive}} To [[double]] (a [[rope]]) into two [[equal]] [[portion]]s; to fold in the middle. {{defdate|19th c.}}
- {{lb|en|cricket|transitive}} To strike (the ball) with the middle portion of the face of the bat.
Proper noun
- {{place|en|sheading|cdep/Isle of Man}}.
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