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kast
English
Etymology
From Dutch kast, from Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old Dutch *casto (“chest, reservoir”), from Proto-West Germanic *kast?.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æst
Noun
kast (plural kasts or kasten)
- A type of traditional cupboard produced by Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries
Anagrams
- AKST, askt, kats, skat, task
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (“throw”).
Noun
kast n (singular definite kastet, plural indefinite kast)
- throw
Declension
Related terms
- give sig i kast med
- opkast
- indkast
- udkast
Verb
kast
- imperative of kaste
References
- “kast” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old Dutch *casto, from Proto-West Germanic *kast? (“chest, reservoir”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?st/
- Hyphenation: kast
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
kast f (plural kasten, diminutive kastje n)
- cupboard, closet, wardrobe
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: kas
- ? Indonesian: kas
- ? Ternate: kas
- ? Papiamentu: kashi (from the diminutive)
- ? Sranan Tongo: kasi
Anagrams
- stak
Estonian
Noun
kast (genitive kasti, partitive kasti)
- box, chest, crate
Declension
Hungarian
Etymology
kas +? -t
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?k??t]
- Hyphenation: kast
Noun
kast
- accusative singular of kas
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (“throw”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?ast/
- Rhymes: -ast
Noun
kast n (genitive singular kasts, nominative plural köst)
- throw
- fit, seizure
Declension
Livonian
Alternative forms
- (Courland) kastõ
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kastadak.
Verb
kast
- water
- wet
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse kast
Noun
kast n (definite singular kastet, indefinite plural kast, definite plural kasta or kastene)
- throw
Derived terms
Related terms
- kaste (verb)
Etymology 2
Verb
kast
- imperative of kaste
References
- “kast” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse kast
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?st/
Noun
kast n (definite singular kastet, indefinite plural kast, definite plural kasta)
- throw (act of throwing something)
Derived terms
Verb
kast
- imperative of kasta and kaste
References
- “kast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (“throw”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kast n or c
- throw; the flight of a thrown object
- caste; an Indian hereditary social class
Declension
Derived terms
- uppkast
- nedkast
- inkast
- utkast
See also
- kasta
Anagrams
- akts, taks
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past
English
Etymology
From Middle English, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: päst, IPA(key): /p??st/
- (US) enPR: p?st, IPA(key): /pæst/
- Homophone: passed
- Rhymes: -æst, -??st
Noun
past (plural pasts)
- The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
- 1830, Daniel Webster, a speech
- The past, at least, is secure.
- 1860, Richard Chenevix Trench, On the English Language, Past and Present
- The present is only intelligible in the light of the past, often a very remote past indeed.
- 1830, Daniel Webster, a speech
- (grammar) The past tense.
Synonyms
- (period of time that has already happened): foretime, yestertide; see also Thesaurus:the past
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- preterite
Adjective
past (comparative more past, superlative most past)
- Having already happened; in the past; finished. [from 14th c.]
- (postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago. [from 15th c.]
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, page 538:
- That had been, what, three years past?
- 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley 2009, page 20:
- Some four decades past, as a boy, I had a chance encounter and conversation with the late W.A. Poucher [...].
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, page 538:
- Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous. [from 15th c.]
- (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state. [from 18th c.]
Synonyms
- (having already happened): bygone, foregone; see also Thesaurus:past
- (having just gone by): foregone, preceding, used-to-be; see also Thesaurus:former
Translations
Adverb
past (comparative more past, superlative most past)
- In a direction that passes.
- Synonym: by
- I watched him walk past
Translations
Preposition
past
- Beyond in place or quantity
- the room past mine
- count past twenty
- (time) Any number of minutes after the last hour
- What's the time? - It's now quarter past twelve midday (or 12.15pm).
- Antonym: to
- No longer capable of.
- I'm past caring what he thinks of me.
- Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).
- Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.
- Ignore them, we'll play past them.
- Please don't drive past the fruit stand, I want to stop there.
Derived terms
- see past the end of one's nose
Translations
Verb
past
- (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of pass
- 1632, John Vicars, The XII Aeneids of Virgil
- Great Tuscane dames, as she their towns past by, / Wisht her their daughter-in-law, but frustrately.
- 1632, John Vicars, The XII Aeneids of Virgil
Related terms
- past master
- past it
- run past
- slip one past
- sneak past
- talk past
Anagrams
- APTS, APTs, ATSP, PATs, PSAT, PTAs, PTSA, TAPs, TPAs, Taps, ap'ts, apts, pats, spat, stap, taps
Czech
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /past/
- Rhymes: -ast
Noun
past f
- trap (a device designed to catch and sometimes kill animals)
Declension
Derived terms
- pasti?ka
See also
- lé?ka
- záloha
- nástraha
- úskalí
Further reading
- past in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- past in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Anagrams
- spát
- psát
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?st
- IPA(key): /p?st/
Verb
past
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of passen
- (archaic) plural imperative of passen
Anagrams
- spat, stap, taps
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French past, from Latin pastus (“pasture”).
Noun
past m (plural pasts)
- food, meal
Old French
Etymology
From Latin pastus (“pasture”), probably influenced by paste (“dough, pastry”).
Alternative forms
- paist, pest, pas
Noun
past m (nominative singular past)
- food, meal
Descendants
- Middle French: past
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /past/
Noun
past f
- genitive plural of pasta
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pá?st/
Noun
p?st f
- trap
Inflection
Verb
p?st
- supine of pásti
Further reading
- “past”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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