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avast
[ uh-vast, uh-vahst ]
verb (imperative)
, Nautical.
- (used as a command to stop or cease):
Avast heaving!
avast
/ əˈvɑːst /
sentence substitute
- nautical stop! cease!
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of avast1
C17: perhaps from Dutch hou'vast hold fast
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Example Sentences
“Avast there, Jane,” laughed out Sam, much pleased at the way in which his sister had received me.
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"Avast heaving, reverend man, and quit this folly," said the strange; dragging the bewildered Padre after him.
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What would the mate of a French frigate say if he wanted to say in French, "Avast there, ye lubbering swab" to a friend like?
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In a few minutes the second mate came up, hallooing to us to "avast," and laughing.
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And so they watched the evolutions of the gulls for a few minutes, till Josh called out “Avast!”
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