middle
/ˈmɪdl̩/ noun A2- A centre, midpoint. · The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle.
- 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.
- The middle stump.
- The central part of a human body; the waist.
- The middle voice.
- the center of the political spectrum. · As part of his successful re-election strategy, Clinton began governing from the middle.
- An essay on social or literary issues in a newspaper or magazine, originally placed between the leading articles and the reviews.
Plural middles
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In the middle of a cyclone the air is generally still, but the great pressure of the wind on every side of the house raised it up higher and higher, until it was at the very top of the cyclone; and there it remained and was carried miles and miles away as easily as you could carry a feather.
Dorothy sat down in the middle of the raft and held Toto in her arms.
They got along quite well at first, but when they reached the middle of the river the swift current swept the raft downstream, farther and farther away from the road of yellow brick.
Then, before he could pull it out again—or let go—the raft was swept away, and the poor Scarecrow was left clinging to the pole in the middle of the river.
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