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navel

[ney-vuhl]

noun

  1. umbilicus.

  2. the central point or middle of any thing or place.

  3. Heraldry.nombril.



navel

/ ˈԱɪə /

noun

  1. Technical name: umbilicus.the scar in the centre of the abdomen, usually forming a slight depression, where the umbilical cord was attached

  2. a central part, location, or point; middle

  3. short for navel orange

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of navel1

before 900; Middle English; Old English nafela; cognate with Dutch navel, German Nabel, Old Norse nafli; akin to Sanskrit ī, Latin ܳīܲ, Greek dz󲹱ó
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of navel1

Old English nafela; related to Old Frisian navla, Old High German nabulo (German Nabel ), Latin ܳīܲ
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One after another, its leaders have stuck their heads deep into their navels, hoping to find out why so many Americans — especially young people, Black voters and Latinos — shunned the former vice president.

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"As I sit here now, all day long that was an illegal blow. It's not about the belt line it's wear the navel is," Warren said.

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Playing to the audience, Stewart preened and posed his way through the hits, with an array of costume changes that ended with a white ruffled shirt, unbuttoned almost to the navel.

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Lose, though, and it's navel gazing time again.

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He approached a navel orange tree with some scorched branches.

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Nav. E.navel-gazing