wast

American

[wost, wuhst] / wɒst, wəst /

verb

Archaic.

a second person singular past indicative of be.

wast British

/ wɒst, wəst /

verb

archaic a singular form of the past tense (indicative mood) of be 1

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Example Sentences

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Her body was found by a dog walker in Wast Hills Lane in Hopwood, Worcestershire, on Friday morning.

From BBC • May 28, 2022

West Mercia Police said the body was found by a dog walker on Wast Hills Lane in Hopwood, on Friday morning.

From BBC • May 27, 2022

Gill Pleming, control service manager at Wast, told the inquest the situation was reviewed at intervals.

From BBC • May 24, 2022

I'd come here to Wast Hills in the morning and train.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2014

Behind him he knew, he felt, were the mountains that he loved, stretching crag upon crag to the desolate screes of Wast Water and the glimpse of the shimmering sea.

From Years of Plenty by Brown, Ivor

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