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mast

See also: Mast, MAST, masť, mást, måst, and mast-

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English mast, from Old English mæst (“mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz (“mast, sail-pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *mazdos (“pole, mast”).

Cognate with Dutch mast, German Mast, and via Indo-European with Latin mālus, Russian мост (most, “bridge”), Irish adhmad.

Noun

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mast (plural masts)

 
masts of a ship
  1. (nautical, communication, aviation) A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter). [from 9th c.]
  2. (naval) A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command. [from 17th c.]
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(tall, slim post on a ship):

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Verb

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mast (third-person singular simple present masts, present participle masting, simple past and past participle masted)

  1. To supply and fit a mast to (a ship). [from 16th c.]
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Etymology 2

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From Old English mæst (“fallen nuts, food for swine”) and mæstan (“to fatten”), from West Germanic; probably related to meat.

 
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mast (countable and uncountable, plural masts)

  1. The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, etc.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals. [from 10th c.]
    • 1614–1615, Homer, “The Tenth Booke of Homers Odysses”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC, page 151:
      She ſhut them ſtraight in ſties; and gaue them meate / Oke-maſt, and beech, and Cornell fruite, they eate, […]
    • 1697, Virgil, “The Second Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 93, lines 755–756:
      The Winter comes, and then the falling Maſt, / For greedy Swine, provides a full repaſt.
    • 1715, Robert South, “A Sermon on Proverbs i. 32.”, in Twelve Sermons Preached at Several Times, and upon Several Occasions, volume IV, London: […] G. James, for Jonah Bowyer […], →OCLC, pages 73–74:
      [T]hey feed and grovel like Swine under an Oak, filling themſelves with the Maſt, but never ſo much as looking up, either to the Bows that bore, or the Hands that ſhook it down.
    • 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 162:
      He […] would begin to pick up the seed-cases or mast, squeeze each one with his fingers to see if it were fertile, and drop it if it were not.
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mast (third-person singular simple present masts, present participle masting, simple past and past participle masted)

  1. (of swine and other animals) To feed on forest seed or fruit.
  2. (agriculture, forestry, ecology, of a population of plants) To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others.
    • 1985, Michael Fenner, Seed ecology‎[1], page 33:
      Any individual tree which masted in a generally non-mast year would be subjected to the exclusive attention of the seed predators and so would be selected against.
    • 2004, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Christian Körner, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, Forest Diversity and Function: Temperate and Boreal Systems‎[2], page 28:
      However, if this were true, all or most masting species (e.g., Fagus and Quercus) in a forest would have to mast in synchrony to be effective against generalist herbivores.
    • 2008, Chris Rowthorn, Muhammad Cohen, China Williams, Borneo‎[3], page 50:
      Because dipterocarp seeds are winged and spin gracefully as they fall, the dispersal of millions of dipterocarp seeds during a masting event is one of the greatest spectacles that you can see on planet Earth.

Etymology 3

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Clipping of Masteron.

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mast (uncountable)

  1. (bodybuilding slang) The anabolic steroid drostanolone propionate, also known as Masteron

Etymology 4

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From French masse, with -t probably after Etymology 1, above.

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mast (plural masts)

  1. (obsolete, billiards) A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball. [18th–19th c.]
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
      Godfrey thus conquered, pretended to lose his temper, curs'd his own ill luck, swore that the table had a cast, and that the balls did not run true, changed his mast, and with great warmth challenged his enemy to double his sum.
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Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech mast, from Proto-Slavic *mastь.

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Noun

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mast f

  1. ointment

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Declension of mast (mixed i-stem [type 'pěst'] feminine)
singular plural
nominative mast masti
genitive masti mastí
dative masti mastím, mastem
accusative mast masti
vocative masti masti
locative masti mastích, mastech
instrumental mastí mastmi

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Further reading

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  • “mast”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “mast”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “mast”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German mast, from Old Saxon *mast, from Proto-West Germanic *mast.

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mast c (singular definite masten, plural indefinite master)

  1. mast

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch mast, from Old Dutch *mast, from Proto-West Germanic *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz.

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mast m (plural masten, diminutive mastje n)

  1. mast (pole on a ship, to which sails can be rigged)
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  • Afrikaans: mas
  • Negerhollands: mast
  • → Japanese: マスト

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch mast, from the root of met (“meat”), similar to German Mast.

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mast m (plural masten, diminutive mastje n)

  1. mast, fodder for pigs or other animals made up of acorns and beechnuts

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From either Middle Low German mast or German Mast.

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mast (genitive masti, partitive masti)

  1. mast
  2. (card games) suit
  3. (poker) flush

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Declension of mast (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative mast mastid
accusative nom.
gen. masti
genitive mastide
partitive masti maste
mastisid
illative masti
mastisse 		mastidesse
mastesse
inessive mastis mastides
mastes
elative mastist mastidest
mastest
allative mastile mastidele
mastele
adessive mastil mastidel
mastel
ablative mastilt mastidelt
mastelt
translative mastiks mastideks
masteks
terminative mastini mastideni
essive mastina mastidena
abessive mastita mastideta
comitative mastiga mastidega

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Middle English

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mast

  1. Alternative form of mased

Middle French

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Old French mast

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mast m (plural masts)

  1. mast (structure found on watercraft)

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Northern Kurdish

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mast m

  1. yoghurt

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German mast (“mast”).

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mast f or m (definite singular masta or masten, indefinite plural master, definite plural mastene)

  1. mast
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Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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mast

  1. past participle of mase

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German mast.

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mast f (definite singular masta, indefinite plural master, definite plural mastene)

  1. mast

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Old Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mastь.

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Noun

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mast f

  1. ointment

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Declension of mast (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative mast masti masti
genitive masti masťú mastí
dative masti mastma mastem
accusative mast masti masti
vocative masti masti masti
locative masti masťú mastech
instrumental masťú mastma mastmi
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
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Old English

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māst

  1. superlative degree of miċel; most

Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Frankish *mast.

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mast oblique singular, m (oblique plural maz or matz, nominative singular maz or matz, nominative plural mast)

  1. mast (structure found on watercraft)

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Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *maist, from Proto-Germanic *maist, *maistaz. Cognates include Old English mǣst and Old Saxon mēst.

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māst

  1. superlative degree of grāt

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māst

  1. most

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  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mastь (Russian масть (mastʹ), Polish maść). Compare mazati.

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mȃst f (Cyrillic spelling ма̑ст)

  1. grease
  2. ointment
  3. fat
  4. lard
  5. schmaltz

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Declension of mast
singular plural
nominative mȃst masti
genitive masti masti
dative masti mastima
accusative mast masti
vocative masti masti
locative masti mastima
instrumental masti/mȃšću mastima

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  • “mast”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German mast, from Old Saxon *mast, from Proto-West Germanic *mast.

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mast c

  1. a mast (that carries a sail)
  2. a mast (similar tall structure with other uses)
    radiomast
    radio mast

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Declension of mast
nominative genitive
singular indefinite mast masts
definite masten mastens
plural indefinite master masters
definite masterna masternas

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Welsh

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English mast[1]

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mast m (plural mastiau or mestys or mestydd)

  1. (nautical) mast
    Synonym: hwylbren
  2. (telecommunications) mast

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  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mast”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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mast n

  1. yoghurt (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process)

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