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DISMAST

Definition: DISMAST

DISMAST

Transitive verb

1. To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "DISMAST" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references)

Note: Dismast \Dis*mast"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Dismasted; present participle verb or noun Dismasting.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: DISMAST

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Deterioration

Blight, rot; corrode, erode; wear away, wear out; gnaw, gnaw at the root of; sap, mine, undermine, shake, sap the foundations of, break up; disorganize, dismantle, dismast; destroy.

Inutility

Render useless; Adjective: dismantle, dismast, dismount, disqualify, disable; unrig; cripple, lame; (injure); spike guns, clip the wings; put out of gear.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: DISMAST

English words defined with "DISMAST": Dismasted, Dismasting. (references)

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Modern Translation: DISMAST

Language Translations for "DISMAST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

thyen direkët, rrëzon direkët, i heq direkët. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

свалям мачтите на. (various references)

   

German

  

entmasten. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megfoszt árbocaitól. (various references)

   

Manx

  

cur y croan ass. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ismastday

   

Portuguese

  

desmastrar, desarmamento (disarmament, disarming). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

снимать (demount, dismount, doff, film, get off, pull off, remove, rent, shoot, skimming, take off, uncover, unhang, unhung, vail). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

skinuti s jarbola. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

desarbolar. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

avmasta (dimast). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

direğini sökmek, direğini kırmak. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: DISMAST

Derivations

Words beginning with "DISMAST": dismasted, dismasting, dismasts. (additional references)


Misspellings

"DISMAST" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: damast, Damasta, disait, disast, disimpact, dismac, Dismas, dismes, Djimasta. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: DISMAST

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-i-m-s-s-t"

-1 letter: admits, amidst, maists, midsts, sadism, sadist, tsadis.

-2 letters: adits, admit, amids, amiss, ditas, maids, maist, masts, midst, mists, sadis, saids, satis, simas, staid, tamis, tsadi.

-3 letters: adit, aids, aims, aits, amid, amis, dais, dams, dims, diss, dita, dits, isms, mads, maid, mass, mast, mats, mids, miss, mist, sadi, said, sati, sima, sims, sits.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-i-m-s-s-t"
 

+1 letter: diastems, dismasts, mastoids, misdates, stadiums.

 

+2 letters: adamsites, demitasse, digamists, dismalest, dismasted, dynamists, medalists, misadapts, misadjust, misseated, misstated, saintdoms, samizdats, toadyisms, triadisms.

 

+3 letters: defeatisms, demitasses, dermatosis, dismantles, dismasting, dogmatisms, dogmatists, dramatises, dramatists, mastitides, medallists, midstreams, misadjusts, misstarted, sidestream, spermatids, streamside, talmudisms.

 

+4 letters: administers, advisements, assimilated, disaccustom, disbarments, disseminate, dissimilate, dissimulate, humidistats, masterminds, mastoiditis, misadjusted, miseducates, prismatoids, simulcasted, smaragdites, streamsides, submediants, sudatoriums, sympathised.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: DISMAST


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 49 53 4D 41 53 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    ..    ...    --    .-    ...    -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01001001 01010011 01001101 01000001 01010011 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#73 &#83 &#77 &#65 &#83 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0049 0053 004D 0041 0053 0054

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38435347355354

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Non-English Dictionaries with "DISMAST"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albaner, albán, Albaneagh, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, български, български език, българин, bulgare, bolgár, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiongjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, német, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításунгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Ungar, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtgjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugiesisch, portugál, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеруски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, orosz, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, испански език, испански, spanisch, spanyol, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningsuedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, schwedisch, svéd, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeturk, турски език, турски, türkisch, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, englisch, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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