"snaste" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /snæst/ Forms: snastes [plural]
Rhymes: -æst, -eɪst Etymology: Perhaps related to snite (verb), or perhaps related to gnast. Head templates: {{en-noun}} snaste (plural snastes)
  1. (obsolete, dialectal) The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-snaste-en-noun-COBtnCPv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: snast, snaist, snaast, sneeste, sneest, snace, snaice, sneeze, snaich

Verb [English]

IPA: /snæst/ Forms: snastes [present, singular, third-person], snasting [participle, present], snasted [participle, past], snasted [past]
Rhymes: -æst, -eɪst Etymology: Perhaps related to snite (verb), or perhaps related to gnast. Head templates: {{en-verb}} snaste (third-person singular simple present snastes, present participle snasting, simple past and past participle snasted)
  1. (transitive, obsolete, dialectal) To snuff a candle. Tags: dialectal, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-snaste-en-verb-CBd~kSbQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: snast, snaist, snaast, sneeste, sneest, snace, snaice, sneeze, snaich

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "Perhaps related to snite (verb), or perhaps related to gnast.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "snastes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "snaste (plural snastes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1626, Francis Bacon, Natural History, page 127:",
          "text": "Till some part of the candle was consumed, and the dust gathered about the snaste; but then it made the snaste big, and long, and to burn duskishly.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1865, Edward FitzGerald, Works, page 426:",
          "text": "A coming letter is foretold by a projecting spark on the snaste.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1899, Fison, Merry Suf., page 62:",
          "text": "As that snaste of that candle, goos out.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff."
      ],
      "id": "en-snaste-en-noun-COBtnCPv",
      "links": [
        [
          "burnt",
          "burnt"
        ],
        [
          "burning",
          "burning"
        ],
        [
          "wick",
          "wick"
        ],
        [
          "candle",
          "candle"
        ],
        [
          "snuff",
          "snuff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, dialectal) The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/snæst/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/sneɪst/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æst"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪst"
    }
  ],
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      "word": "snast"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "snaist"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "snaast"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sneeste"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sneest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "snace"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "snaice"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sneeze"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "snaich"
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps related to snite (verb), or perhaps related to gnast.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "snastes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snasting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snasted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snasted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "senses": [
    {
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          "_dis": "53 47",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To snuff a candle."
      ],
      "id": "en-snaste-en-verb-CBd~kSbQ",
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        ],
        [
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        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete, dialectal) To snuff a candle."
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/snæst/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/sneɪst/"
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    {
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "snaist"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "snaast"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sneeste"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sneest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "snace"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "snaice"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sneeze"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "snaich"
    }
  ],
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪst",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪst/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/æst",
    "Rhymes:English/æst/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps related to snite (verb), or perhaps related to gnast.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "snastes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1626, Francis Bacon, Natural History, page 127:",
          "text": "Till some part of the candle was consumed, and the dust gathered about the snaste; but then it made the snaste big, and long, and to burn duskishly.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1865, Edward FitzGerald, Works, page 426:",
          "text": "A coming letter is foretold by a projecting spark on the snaste.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1899, Fison, Merry Suf., page 62:",
          "text": "As that snaste of that candle, goos out.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "burnt"
        ],
        [
          "burning",
          "burning"
        ],
        [
          "wick",
          "wick"
        ],
        [
          "candle",
          "candle"
        ],
        [
          "snuff",
          "snuff"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete, dialectal) The burnt or burning part of the wick of a candle; the snuff."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/snæst/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/sneɪst/"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪst"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "snast"
    },
    {
      "word": "snaist"
    },
    {
      "word": "snaast"
    },
    {
      "word": "sneeste"
    },
    {
      "word": "sneest"
    },
    {
      "word": "snace"
    },
    {
      "word": "snaice"
    },
    {
      "word": "sneeze"
    },
    {
      "word": "snaich"
    }
  ],
  "word": "snaste"
}

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    "English verbs",
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    "Rhymes:English/eɪst",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪst/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/æst",
    "Rhymes:English/æst/1 syllable"
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "snastes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snasting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snasted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snasted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "English transitive verbs"
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        "To snuff a candle."
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        "(transitive, obsolete, dialectal) To snuff a candle."
      ],
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        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "other": "/sneɪst/"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪst"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "snast"
    },
    {
      "word": "snaist"
    },
    {
      "word": "snaast"
    },
    {
      "word": "sneeste"
    },
    {
      "word": "sneest"
    },
    {
      "word": "snace"
    },
    {
      "word": "snaice"
    },
    {
      "word": "sneeze"
    },
    {
      "word": "snaich"
    }
  ],
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}

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