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Definitions: HANDFAST |
HANDFASTAdjective1. Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands. Noun1. Strong; steadfast. 2. Contract; specifically, espousal. 3. Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping. Transitive verb1. To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Marriage | Marry, join, handfast; couple; (unit); tie the nuptial knot; give away, give away in marriage; seal; ally, affiance; betroth; (promise); publish the banns, bid the banns; be asked in church. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: HANDFAST |
| English words defined with "HANDFAST": Handfasted, Handfasting, Handfastly. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "HANDFAST": Handfastly. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "HANDFAST" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (sturdy). |
| 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 |
handfast | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "handfast"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | andfasthay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "HANDFAST": handfasted, handfasting, handfastings, handfasts. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-f-h-n-s-t" | |
-3 letters: antas, haafs, hadst, hafts, hands, hansa, hants, nadas, shaft, snath, stand. | |
-4 letters: aahs, anas, ands, ansa, anta, ants, daft, dahs, dash, data, fads, fans, fash, fast, fats, haaf, haft, hand, hant, hast, hats, nada, sand, shad, shat, tads, tans, than. | |
-5 letters: aah, aas, ads, aft, aha, ana, and, ant, ash, dah, fad, fan, fas, fat, had, has, hat, nah, nth, sad, sat, sha, tad, tan, tas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-f-h-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: handfasts. | |
+2 letters: handcrafts, handfasted. | |
+3 letters: fatherlands, handfasting, handicrafts. | |
+4 letters: grandfathers, handfastings. | |
+5 letters: draftsmanship, fatheadedness, fountainheads, handcraftsman, handcraftsmen, handicrafters. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 41 4E 44 46 41 53 54 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- -. -.. ..-. .- ... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01000001 01001110 01000100 01000110 01000001 01010011 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H A N D F A S T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0041 004E 0044 0046 0041 0053 0054 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4235483840355354 |
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