Sekirov Dictionary

navel

/ˈneɪvəl/

noun 4
verb 1
forms 5

noun4

The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
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A navel orange.
- This contributed to a rapid rise in planted acreage in northern California, especially in navels, which are more suited to growing conditions there. — 1981
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The central part or point of anything; the middle.
- Within the navel of this hideous wood, Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells, Of Bacchus and Circe born, great Comus — 1637
(historical) An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.

verb1

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(literary) To be in the middle of a landscape.
- Within the shade a ruined temple stands / To sight conspicuous, navelled in the pines, / Speaking of Grecian art, since Vandal hands / Defaced her structures, and despoiled her shrines. — 1819

forms

naveled · navelled · naveling · navelling · navels

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