# middled

Pronunciation: say "MID-uhld" US/UK /ˈmɪdl̩d/, AUS /ˈmɪdəld/

## Adjective

1. Having a middle or midsection of a specified kind, as indicated by an accompanying descriptive word.
   - Simple: Having a middle of a certain kind, such as a thin or thick waist.
   - _The broad-middled amphora had been shaped for stability on a cellar floor._
   - _Wasps are slender-middled insects with a narrow waist between thorax and abdomen._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of middle. — simple past and past participle of middle
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of middle. Use it for the past, or after has, have or had.
   - _The batsman middled the delivery and sent it sailing over the ropes._
   - _He had middled his drive, and it rolled far down the fairway._

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