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Definitions for Loins

[1] Usually loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
[2] a cut of meat from this region of an animal, especially a portion including the vertebrae of such parts.
[3] loins, the parts of the body between the hips and the lower ribs, especially regarded as the seat of physical strength and generative power. the genital and pubic area; genitalia.
[4] gird (up) one's loins , to prepare oneself for something requiring readiness, strength, or endurance: He girded his loins to face his competitor.
[5] the hips and the inner surface of the legs where they join the trunk of the body; crotch
[6] euphemistic the reproductive organs mainly literary the womb
[7] Also called: lumbus anatomy the part of the lower back and sides between the pelvis and the ribs Related adjective: lumbar
[8] a cut of meat from this part of an animal

Words related to Loins

ector, bottom, top, surface, hand, part, front, face, border, rear, view, groin, femur, verge, rim, aspect, flank, periphery, boundary, perimeter

Words nearby Loins

loinlogy, lohan, lohengrin, loiasis, loid, loin, loincloth, loins, loir-et-cher, loire, loire-atlantique

Origin of Loins

1275–1325; Middle English loyne < Middle French lo(i)gne, perhaps < Vulgar Latin *lumbea, noun use of feminine of *lumbeus of the loins, equivalent to Latin lumb(us ) loin + -eus -eous

Word origin for Loins

C14: from Old French loigne, perhaps from Vulgar Latin lumbra (unattested), from Latin lumbus loin

Synonyms for Loins

border, bottom, face, front, hand, part, rear, sector, surface, top, view, aspect, attitude, boundary, direction, disposition, division, elevation, facet, flank, haunch, hillside, jamb, lee, limit, margin, perimeter, periphery, posture, quarter, rim, stance, stand, verge, wing