"wast" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wasts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wast (plural wasts)
  1. Obsolete form of waist. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: waist
    Sense id: en-wast-en-noun-VVnMo5Vh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /wɒst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wast.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɒst Etymology: From Late Middle English wast; equivalent to was + -est. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wast|id=verb form}} Middle English wast, {{af|en|was|-est|nocat=1}} was + -est Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wast
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be; wert. Tags: archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular Form of: be (extra: wert)
    Sense id: en-wast-en-verb-TgV~AVT~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 96 Related terms: am, are, is, art, be, being, been, beest, was, were, wert
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wast meaning in English (2.6kB)

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