ast

See also: Ast, AST, ást, ăst, as't, -ast, aṣṭ, and åst

English

Verb

ast

1. Eye dialect spelling of asked, simple past and past participle of ask
   • 1937, w:John Steinbeck, w:Of Mice and Men, Penguin Books Limited (2000) →ISBN:

     Curley said, "Well, I didn't mean nothing, Slim. I just ast you."

   • 1988 October 21, Bryan Miller, “Strangers in a Train Station”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     I just ast her.

Anagrams

• ATS, S. A. T., S.A.T., SAT, STA, Sat, Sat., Sta, Sta., T.A.s, TA's, TAS, TAs, TSA, Tas, Tas., at's, ats, sat, sat., sta, tas

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin hasta (“spear, lance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈast]

Noun

ast m (plural asts or astos)

1. spit, skewer

   pollastre a l'ast

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• aster
• enastar

Further reading

• “ast” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German ast, from Old High German ast, from Proto-Germanic *astaz. Cognate with German Ast, Dutch ast, Gothic 𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (asts); also Old Armenian ոստ (ost), Ancient Greek ὄζος (ózos).

Noun

ast m (plural éste)

1. (Sette Comuni) conifer branch

   Dar ast ist guuts holtz so prönnan.

   Conifer branches make excellent firewood.

References

• “ast” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ast/, [äs̠t̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ast/, [äst̪]

Conjunction

ast

1. but, yet

Synonyms

• (but, yet): at, sed, tamen

References

• “ast”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ast”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) astõ

Etymology

From .

Verb

ast

1. step

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *astaz

Noun

ast m

1. branch

Descendants

• Middle High German: ast
  • Cimbrian: ast
  • German: Ast
  • Luxembourgish: Aascht

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *astaz

Noun

ast m

1. branch

Descendants

• Middle Low German: ast