middle

Sense 1 noun

an area that is approximately central within some larger region

it is in the center of town

Sense 2 verb

put in the middle

Sense 3 adjective

being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series

adolescence is an awkward in-between age

Sense 4 noun

an intermediate part or section

A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end

Sense 5 noun

the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)

young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable

Sense 6 adjective

of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages

Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500

Sense 7 noun

time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period

the middle of the war

Sense 8 adjective

between an earlier and a later period of time

in the middle years