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midriff n. 膈,中腹部 膈,中腹部 midriff n 1: the middle area of the human torso ( usually in front); " young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" [ synonym: { middle}, { midriff}, { midsection}] 2: ( anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration [ synonym: { diaphragm}, { midriff}] Midriff \ Mid" riff\ ( m[ i^] d" r[ i^] f), n. [ AS. midhrif; midd mid, middle hrif bowels, womb; akin to OFries. midref midriff, rif, ref, belly, OHG. href body, and to L. corpus body. See { Corpse}.] ( Anat.) 1. See { Diaphragm}, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The middle part of the front of the body, from the waist to the chest. [ PJC] Smote him into the midriff with a stone. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. That part of a garment, especially a dress or bodice, that covers the midriff[ 2]. [ PJC] Mid sea83 Moby Thesaurus words for " midriff": abdomen, abomasum, barrier, bay window, beerbelly, belly, brattice, breadbasket, buffer, buffer state, bulkhead, bumper, center, cloison, collision mat, core, craw, crop, cushion, diameter, diaphragm, dissepiment, dividing line, dividing wall, division, embonpoint, equator, fender, first stomach, gizzard, gullet, gut, heart, honeycomb stomach, interior, interseptum, kernel, kishkes, manyplies, mat, maw, mean, median, middle, midmost, midsection, midst, nucleus, omasum, pad, panel, paries, partition, party wall, paunch, pot, potbelly, potgut, property line, psalterium, pusgut, rennet bag, reticulum, rumen, second stomach, separation, septulum, septum, shock pad, spare tire, stomach, swagbelly, thick, thick of things, third stomach, tum- tum, tummy, underbelly, ventripotence, waist, waistline, wall, zone
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