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— English words —
  • was v. First-person singular simple past indicative of be.
  • was v. Third-person singular simple past indicative of be.
  • was v. (Now colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
  • was v. (Now colloquial or nonstandard) second-person singular simple past indicative of be.
  • was v. (Colloquial, nonstandard) first-person plural simple past indicative of be.
  • was v. (Colloquial, nonstandard) third-person plural simple past indicative of be.
  • Was prop.n. A surname.
  • WAs n. Plural of WA.
— International convention —
  • was sym. (International standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Washo.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Afrikaans
    • was n. Wax.
    • was v. Past of wees.
    • was v. To wash.
  • Banda - Mayangna
  • Cebuano
    • was pron. (Slang) (informal) nothing; none.
    • was adj. (Informal) absent.
  • Gothic
    • was rom. Romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐍃.
  • Gros ventre
  • Hunsrik
    • was pron. (Relative) what.
    • was pron. (Indefinite) something, anything.
  • Hunsrik - Pennsylvania german
    • was pron. (Interrogative) what.
  • Low german
    • was v. First-person singular simple past indicative of węsen.
    • was v. Third-person singular simple past indicative of węsen.
    • was v. Apocopated form of wasse (“wash”), second-person singular imperative of wassen (mainly used in the Netherlands…
    • was v. Apocopated form of wasse (“wax”), second-person singular imperative of wassen.
    • was v. Apocopated form of wasse (“grow”), second-person singular imperative of wassen.
  • Lower sorbian
    • was pron. Genitive of wy.
    • was pron. Accusative of wy.
    • was pron. Locative of wy.
  • Lower sorbian - Upper sorbian
    • waš det. Your (plural and polite).
  • Mayangna
    • was n. Stream, river.
  • Middle dutch
    • was v. First/third-person singular past indicative of wēsen.
  • Middle english
    • was v. First/third-person singular past indicative of been.
    • was v. (Dialectal) second-person singular past indicative of been.
    • was v. (Dialectal) plural past indicative of been.
    • was pron. Alternative form of whos (“whose”, genitive).
  • Middle low german
    • was v. First/third-person singular preterite indicative of wēsen.
  • Old high german
    • was v. First/third-person singular past indicative of wesan.
  • Polish
    • was pron. Genitive/accusative/locative of wy.
    • wąs n. (Chiefly in the plural) moustache.
    • wąs n. Whisker, vibrissa.
    • wąs n. (Botany) tendril.
    • wąs n. (Botany) awn, beard.
    • wąs n. Cirrus (tendril-like structure of some animals).
    • Waś prop.n. A masculine surname.
    • Waś prop.n. A feminine surname.
    • Wąs prop.n. A masculine surname.
    • Wąs prop.n. A feminine surname.
  • Proto-norse
    • was rom. Romanization of ᚹᚨᛊ.
  • Scots
    • was n. Plural of wa.
  • Seychellois creole
  • Somali
  • Tlingit
  • Tocharian a
  • Tocharian a - Tocharian b
    • wäs- v. To be dressed in; to wear.
  • Tocharian b
    • wäs- v. To get dressed (in), to put on.
  • Tok pisin
    • was v. Angel; any supernatural creature in heaven according to Christian theology.
  • Welsh
    • was n. Soft mutation of gwas.
  • Yola
    • was v. Alternative form of waas.
— English words, defined in German —
  • was V. 1. Person Singular Imperfekt Indikativ des Verbs be.
  • was V. 3. Person Singular Imperfekt Indikativ des Verbs be.
— English word, defined in Dutch —
  • was w. Eerste en derde persoon verleden tijd van to be.
— English words, defined in French —
  • was v. Première personne du prétérit de be (« être »).
  • was v. Troisième personne du prétérit de be (« être »).
— English words, defined in Spanish —
  • was v. Primera persona del singular (I) del pasado simple (irregular) del verbo (to) be ("ser", "estar").
  • was v. Tercera persona del singular (he, she, it) del pasado simple (irregular) del verbo (to) be.
— English words, defined in Portuguese —
  • was v. Primeira pessoa do singular do passado simples do indicativo do verbo "to be".
  • was v. Terceira pessoa do singular do passado simples do indicativo do verbo "to be".
— English word, defined in Italian —
  • was v. Prima e terza persona singolare del passato semplice di be.
— In German —
  • was Pron. Interrogativpronomen: sächliches Fragewort.
  • was Pron. Indefinitpronomen, meist umgangssprachliche Kurzform für: etwas.
  • was Pron. Relativpronomen: das sich auf ein Wort oder einen ganzen…
— In Dutch —
  • was n. Weke laagsmeltende en waterafstotende stof zoals deze door…
  • was n. Naamwoord van handeling: het wassen, het schoonmaken met een vloeistof.
  • was n. Het wasgoed.
  • was n. (Aan)groei, stijging (vooral van water).
  • was w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van wassen.
  • was w. Gebiedende wijs van wassen.
  • was w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van wassen.
  • was w. Vormt de gebiedende wijs van de voltooid verleden tijd van…
  • was w. Enkelvoud verleden tijd van zijn.
  • was w. Enkelvoud verleden tijd van wezen.
116 English words from 59 English definitions

absent according according␣to accusative Alternative amp and Angel animals any anything Apocopated awn Bear beard been Botany Bush Chiefly Christian Cirrus code colloquial creature Dialectal dressed existential feminine first first␣person first-person␣plural First-person␣singular for form Fuck genitive get get␣dressed Gold grow heaven imperative Indefinite indicative informal International Interrogative ISO language language␣code like locative mainly masculine moustache mutation Netherlands none nonstandard nothing Now past person phrases plural Poison polite preterite put put␣on Relative river Romanization second second␣person second-person␣singular semantic sen simple simple␣past singular Slang Soft Soft␣mutation some something standards Stream structure subject supernatural surname tendril the theology there third third␣person third-person␣plural third-person␣singular used usually vibrissa wash Water wax wear wees West what when Whisker whos whose with Your

26 English words from 23 foreign definitions

Aan auf das del des door een het irregular met passado Person persona Première Prima semplice ser she sich simple simples singular van Verbs water Wort

3 foreign words from 59 English definitions

waas Washo wassen

76 foreign words from 23 foreign definitions

Bij derde derde␣persoon deze Eerste Eerste␣persoon ein einen enkelvoud estar être etwas Fragewort für ganzen gebiedende gebiedende␣wijs groei handeling Imperfekt Indefinitpronomen indicativo Indikativ Interrogativpronomen inversie Kurzform meist Naamwoord Naamwoord␣van␣handeling oder pasado passado␣simples passato personne persoon pessoa Première␣personne prétérit Primeira Primeira␣pessoa Primera Primera␣persona Relativpronomen sächliches schoonmaken singolare stijging stof tegenwoordige␣tijd Terceira Terceira␣pessoa Tercera Tercera␣persona terza terza␣persona tijd Troisième Troisième␣personne tweede tweede␣persoon umgangssprachliche verbo verleden verleden␣tijd vloeistof voltooid voltooid␣verleden␣tijd vooral Vormt wasgoed wassen Weke wezen wijs zijn zoals

673 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

WASD wase wash Wash WASH -wash Wash. WASL wasm wasp Wasp WASP wass Wass wast was't Wasco wases Wases wash'd washe washi washt washy Wasik Wasim wasir Wasit Wasko wasla waṣla wasms wasna wasnt wasn't Wason Waspi WASPI wasps Wasps WASPs waspy WASPy wassy wasta waste wasts wasty wasup wasabi +623 words

720 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

awash Awash Iwasa Iwase Kwasi kwaso swash awaste bewash by-wash cowash E.D.␣Wash. e-waste GWASes huwasi inwash Iwasas Iwases Kwasny rewash Swasey swashy twasn't 'twasn't upwash W.D.␣Wash. Awaswas bagwash bewaste blow␣ass Burwash carwash car␣wash ciswash dogwash dry␣wash eggwash egg␣wash Erewash eyewash fig␣wasp hogwash hotwash hot␣wash huwasis Iwasaki jetwash jet-wash Kwasnik Kwasnys +670 words

116 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

GWAS lwas PWAs RWAs twas TWAs 'twas t'was as␣was Bawas biwas dawas Iowas iswas LBWAs LLWAS mowas okwas pawas pewas shwas Sowas tawas Tewas Bajwas Biswas Chewas ECOWAS fatwas fetwas futwas Gnawas Gyrwas halwas hyawas karwas Kiowas kiswas mahwas mhowas mohwas Plewas puswas schwas shewas Sliwas tiswas tizwas Alrewas a-schwas +66 words

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

saw Saw SAW

6 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ASW aws AWS saw Saw SAW

152 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

APWs ARWs AScW ATWS AWBs AWDs AWDS awes Awes AWGs awls awms awns AWOS AWPs AWSA awsk AWTs awws caws Caws daws Daws DAWs EAWs faws Faws GWAS haws Haws Iswa jaws JAWS kaws Kaws laws Laws LAWs LAWS lwas maws Maws MAWs MSAW NASW NWSA paws PAWS PWAs raws Raws +101 words

39 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

as As AS A$ ℁ 'as a's as- A's A*s A/S a.s. A*'s A+'s A++s A−'s aw Aw Sa SA S&A s.a. S.A. S.␣A. SW sw. Sw. S&W wa Wa WA Wa. W.A. W.␣A. ws Ws WS w's W's

168 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Aas AAs AAS bas Bas BAs BAS B.A.s B.A.'s B.A.S. B.␣A.␣S. cas Cas CAs CAS cas' Cas. das DAs DAS DA's eas EAs EAS fas Fas FAs FAS gas Gas GAs has ha's IAs IAS jas Jas Jas. kas KAs las LAs mas Mas MAs MAS -mas M.A.s M.A.S. M.␣A.␣S. NAs NAS Oas OAS pas Pas PAs PAS QAs QAS Q␣&␣As ras Ras RAs RAS Sas SAs SAS tas Tas TAs TAS Tas. TA's T.A.s UAs UAS vas VAs vas- waa Wac WAC wad WAD -wad wae WAE WAF wag WAG wah Wah wai WAI Wal WAL Wal. wan Wan WAN wan- (+66 words)

27 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

as As AS A$ ℁ 'as a's as- A's A*s A/S a.s. A*'s A+'s A++s A−'s wa Wa WA Wa. W.A. W.␣A. ws Ws WS w's W's

33 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

WaaS wabs Wacs WACs wads waes wags WAGs wahs Wahs wais WAIS Wals wans Wans WANs waps WAPs wars wass Wass wats WATS waus WAUs waws WAXS ways -ways WCAs WIAs WMAs WRAs


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