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Definition: WAST |
WAST1. The second person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, imperfect tense; -- now used only in solemn or poetical style. See Was. |
Date "WAST" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Crosswords: WAST |
| English words defined with "WAST": Wert. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "WAST": Hogs-Norton ♦ Queubus. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "WAST": Waist. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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| Author | Quotation |
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus | To change thy mind and to follow him that sets thee right is to be none the less the free agent that thou wast before. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Also (say they) in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that reddest out and broughtest in Israel, and the Lord said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Why she was dead ere thou wast born. |
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| "WAST" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "WAST" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 91.67% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Verb "Be" (past form) | 8.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "WAST": thou wast. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "WAST": wast-level. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
wast | 17 |
management wast | 3 |
clining in tank wast water | 2 |
shane wast | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "WAST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Greek | β' ενικό του αόρ. του be. (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | te voltál (thou wast, thou wert). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | astway sendin (thou wast), sen idin (thou wast). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 26, Verse 69 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de petroV exw ekaqhto en th aulh kai proshlqen autw mia paidiskh legousa kai su hsqa meta ihsou tou galilaiou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Petrus vero sedebat foris in atrio et accessit ad eum una ancilla dicens et tu cum Iesu Galilaeo eras |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Petrus soðlice sæt uten on þam chæfertune. Ða com to hym an þara þeowa.& cwæð. & þu wære mid þam galileiscanhælende. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Petir sat with outen in the halle; and a damysel cam to hym, and seide, Thou were with Jhesu of Galilee. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Peter sate with out in the palice. And a damsell came to him sayinge: Thou also waste wt Iesus of Galilee: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came to him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Now Peter was seated in the open square outside the house: and a servant-girl came to him, saying, You were with Jesus the Galilaean. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 26, Verse 69 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ug si Pedro naglingkod sa gowa, didto sa hawanan sa tugkaran. Ug kaniya miduol ang usa ka babayeng sulogoon ug miingon, "Ikaw usab. kauban ni Jesus nga Galileanhon." |
| Croatian | A Petar je sjedio vani u dvorištu. I pristupi mu jedna sluškinja govoreæi: "I ti bijaše s Isusom Galilejcem." |
| Danish | Men Peter sad udenfor i Gården; og en Pige kom hen til ham og sagde: "Også du var med Jesus Galilæeren." |
| Dutch | En Petrus zat buiten in de zaal; en een dienstmaagd kwam tot hem, zeggende: Gij waart ook met Jezus, den Galileer. |
| Finnish | Mutta Pietari istui ulkopuolella esipihassa. Ja hänen luoksensa tuli muuan palvelijatar ja sanoi: "Sinäkin olit Jeesuksen, galilealaisen, seurassa". |
| French | Cependant, Pierre était assis dehors dans la cour. Une servante s`approcha de lui, et dit: Toi aussi, tu étais avec Jésus le Galiléen. |
| German | Petrus aber saß draußen im Hof; und es trat zu ihm eine Magd und sprach: Und du warst auch mit dem Jesus aus Galiläa. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Petrus sedang duduk di luar, di halaman. Salah seorang pelayan wanita datang, dan berkata kepada Petrus, "Bukankah engkau juga bersama-sama Yesus orang Galilea itu?" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun Petrus itu duduk di luar di serambi balai; maka datanglah kepadanya seorang dayang, katanya, "Engkau juga bersama-sama dengan Yesus, orang Galilea itu?" |
| Manx Gaelic | Nish va Peddyr ny hoie cheu-mooie jeh'n cheshaght ayns y halley: as haink ben aeg huggey, gra, V'ou uss myrgeddin marish Yeesey dy Ghalilee. |
| Maori | ¶ Na i waho a Pita e noho ana, i te marae: a ka haere mai tetahi kotiro ki a ia, ka mea, Ko koe hoki i a Ihu o Kariri. |
| Norwegian | Men Peter satt utenfor i gårdsrummet. Og en tjenestepike gikk bort til ham og sa: Også du var med Jesus fra Galilea. |
| Portuguese | Ora, Pedro estava sentado fora, no pátio; e aproximou-se dele uma criada, que disse: Tu também estavas com Jesus, o galileu. |
| Rumanian | Petru knsq wedea afarq kn curte. O slujnicq a venit la el, wi i -a zis: ,,Wi tu erai cu Isus Galileanul!`` |
| Shuar | ¶ Nu Túmain Pítiur aa pujai nuwa chikichik jeari Tímiayi "Amesha ju Kariréanmaya Jesus tutaijiai wekaichamkam." |
| Swahili | Petro alikuwa ameketi nje uani. Basi, mtumishi mmoja wa kike akamwendea, akasema, "Wewe ulikuwa pamoja na Yesu wa Galilaya." |
| Swedish | Men Petrus satt utanför på gården. Då kom en tjänstekvinna fram till honom och sade: "Också du var med Jesus från Galileen." |
| Uma | ¶ Nto'u toe, Petrus mohura hi berewe. Nto'u pohura-na toe, tumai hadua tobine to mobago hi tomi Imam Bohe, na'uli' -ki Petrus: "Ba iko wo'o-di doo-na Yesus to Galilea toei-e mai?" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "WAST": wastable, wastage, wastages, waste, wastebasket, wastebaskets, wasted, wasteful, wastefully, wastefulness, wastefulnesses, wasteland, wastelands, wastelot, wastelots, wastepaper, wastepapers, waster, wasterie, wasteries, wasters, wastery, wastes, wastewater, wastewaters, wasteway, wasteways, wasting, wastrel, wastrels, wastrie, wastries, wastry, wasts. (additional references) | |
Words containing "WAST": outwaste, outwasted, outwastes, outwasting, radwaste, radwastes, swastica, swasticas, swastika, swastikas, unwasted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "ast": Bast, Chast, Gast, Ghast, Snast. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: staw, swat, taws, twas, wats. | |
| Words within the letters "a-s-t-w" | |
-1 letter: sat, saw, tas, taw, twa, was, wat. | |
-2 letters: as, at, aw, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-s-t-w" | |
+1 letter: dawts, straw, swart, swath, swats, sweat, tawse, thaws, twaes, twats, wafts, waist, waits, wants, warts, waste, wasts, watts, whats. | |
+2 letters: awaits, fatwas, outsaw, pitsaw, rawest, straws, strawy, swarth, swarty, swatch, swathe, swaths, sweats, sweaty, tawers, tawsed, tawses, thraws, trawls, twains, twangs, tweaks, wadset, waists, wasted, waster, wastes, wastry, wataps, waters, wheats, wraths. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 41 53 54 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- ... - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01000001 01010011 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W A S T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0041 0053 0054 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)57355354 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Historic 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Bible Trace 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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