wast

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Late Middle English wast; equivalent to was +‎ -est. ==== Pronunciation ==== (stressed) (UK) enPR: wŏst, IPA(key): /wɒst/ (US) enPR: wôst, IPA(key): /wɔst/ (cot–caught merger) enPR: wäst, IPA(key): /wɑst/ Rhymes: -ɒst (unstressed) (UK, US) enPR: wəst, IPA(key): /wəst/ ==== Verb ==== wast (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) 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 inflection of wassen: second/third-person singular present indicative (archaic) plural imperative == Gothic == === Romanization === wast romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍄 == Maltese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwast/ Rhymes: -ast === Preposition === wast (obsolete) alternative form of fost == 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) uncultivated, deserted, desolate extravagant, wasteful, excessive 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) Uncultivated or deserted land; wilderness. Devastation, ruination; making waste. (property law) Damage to property or that which causes it. The utilisation or expenditure of resources: Extravagant or wasteful consumption. Useless or ineffectual behaviour; futility. (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) (uncommon) waist (bottom of the chest). (rare) waist (middle portion of a ship's hull) ===== Descendants ===== English: waist, waste, wast (obsolete)→ Japanese: ウエスト (uesuto) Scots: waist ⇒ Yola: wauscoat, wazcoote ===== 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 (Late Middle English) second-person singular past indicative of been ===== Descendants ===== English: wast (archaic) Yola: wasth === Etymology 5 === ==== Verb ==== wast alternative form of wasten == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wɑːst/ Rhymes: -ɑːst === Verb === wāst second-person singular present of witan == Old French == === Noun === wast oblique singular, m (oblique plural waz or watz, nominative singular waz or watz, nominative plural wast) alternative form of gast == Old Gutnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *wast, second-person singular indicative past of *wesaną. === Verb === wast 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) west back, sideways; upstream === Preposition === wast west over, across She wis walkin wast the road. - She was walking across the road. === Adjective === wast (comparative mair wast, superlative maist wast) west === See also === compass points: [edit]