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4-letter words (6 found)

STAW,SWAT,TAWS,TWAS,WAST,WATS,

3-letter words (8 found)

ATS,SAT,SAW,TAS,TAW,TWA,WAS,WAT,

2-letter words (5 found)

AS,AT,AW,ST,TA,

You can make 19 words from wast according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of wast

wast awst wsat swat aswt sawt wats awts wtas twas atws taws wsta swta wtsa twsa stwa tswa astw satw atsw tasw staw tsaw

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Definitions and meaning of wast

wast

Etymology 1

From Late Middle English wast; equivalent to was +‎ -est.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɒst/
  • Rhymes: -ɒst

Verb

wast

  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of be; wert.

See also

References

  • “wast”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
  • “wast”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Etymology 2

Noun

wast (plural wasts)

  1. Obsolete form of waist.

Anagrams

  • 'twas, ATWS, AWTs, S.W.A.T., SWAT, Swat, TAWS, TWAs, WSTA, sawt, staw, swat, taws, wats

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑst
  • IPA(key): /ʋɑst/

Verb

wast

  1. inflection of wassen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Gothic

Romanization

wast

  1. Romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍄

Maltese

Alternative forms

  • wost

Etymology

From Arabic وَسْط (wasṭ, “middle, center”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wast/

Preposition

wast

  1. (rarely used alone): middle, centre
    Synonym: nofs

Derived terms

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Northern French wast (adjective), from Frankish *wōstī, from Proto-Germanic *wōstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to desert”). Doublet of weste (“deserted”).

Alternative forms

  • vaste, waast, waest, waist, waste

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waːst/, /wast/

Adjective

wast (plural and weak singular waste)

  1. uncultivated, deserted, desolate
  2. extravagant, wasteful, excessive
  3. useless, empty, meaningless
Related terms
Descendants
  • English: waste
  • Scots: waste
References
  • “wā̆st(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Northern French wast (noun), from the adjective. Doublet of weste (“wilderness”).

Alternative forms

  • waast, waste

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waːst/, /wast/

Noun

wast (plural wastes)

  1. Uncultivated or deserted land; wilderness.
  2. Devastation, ruination; making waste.
  3. (property law) Damage to property or that which causes it.
  4. The utilisation or expenditure of resources:
    1. Extravagant or wasteful consumption.
    2. Useless or ineffectual behaviour; futility.
  5. (rare) Waste, rubbish; useless things.
Descendants
  • English: waste
  • Scots: waste
  • Yola: wauste
References
  • “wā̆st(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Apparently inherited from Old English *wæst, *wæxt, *weahst, from Proto-West Germanic *wahstu, from Proto-Germanic *wahstuz; compare waxen (“to grow”).

Forms with /aː/ may be due to the analogy of the variation between /aː/ and /a/ in Etymologies 1 and 2.

Alternative forms

  • waast, waist, waste
  • wacst (Early Middle English)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waːst/, /wast/

Noun

wast (plural wastes)

  1. (uncommon) waist (bottom of the chest).
  2. (rare) waist (middle portion of a ship's hull)
Descendants
  • English: waist
    • → Japanese: ウエスト (uesuto)
  • Scots: waist
References
  • “wā̆st(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 4

From was +‎ -est; partially replacing earlier were.

Alternative forms

  • waste

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wast/

Verb

wast

  1. (Late Middle English) second-person singular past indicative of been
Descendants
  • English: wast (archaic)
  • Yola: wasth

Etymology 5

Verb

wast

  1. Alternative form of wasten

Old French

Noun

wast oblique singular, m (oblique plural waz or watz, nominative singular waz or watz, nominative plural wast)

  1. Alternative form of gast

Old Gutnish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wast, second-person singular indicative past of *wesaną.

Verb

wast

  1. second-person singular indicative past of wara

Scots

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic *westraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros. Cognate to English west.

Adverb

wast (comparative mair wast, superlative maist wast)

  1. west
  2. back, sideways; upstream

Preposition

wast

  1. west
  2. over, across
    She wis walkin wast the road. - She was walking across the road.

Adjective

wast (comparative mair wast, superlative maist wast)

  1. west

See also

  • (compass points)

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