A centre, midpoint. / The part between the beginning and the end. / (cricket) The middle stump. / The central part of a human body; the waist. / (grammar) The middle voice.

Located in the middle; in between. / Central. / (grammar) Pertaining to the middle voice.

(obsolete) To take a middle view of. / (obsolete, nautical, transitive) To double (a rope) into two equal portions; to fold in the middle.

plural of middle

The quality of being middle, or in the middle.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, middle, of. / (often followed by the -ing form of a verb) Engaged in, but not finished with, often with something unpleasant.

simple past tense and past participle of middle

(in combination) Having a specified kind of middle.

Of intermediate or average size, position, or quality; mediocre. / (colloquial, regional Britain) In fairly good health.

(colloquial, regional Britain) Fairly, moderately, somewhat. / (colloquial, regional Britain) Not too badly, with modest success.