Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mast
Participle: masted
Gerund: masting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mast |
| you | mast |
| he;she;it | masts |
| we | mast |
| you | mast |
| they | mast |
Perfect
| I | have masted |
| you | have masted |
| he;she;it | has masted |
| we | have masted |
| you | have masted |
| they | have masted |
Past
| I | masted |
| you | masted |
| he;she;it | masted |
| we | masted |
| you | masted |
| they | masted |
Pluperfect
| I | had masted |
| you | had masted |
| he;she;it | had masted |
| we | had masted |
| you | had masted |
| they | had masted |
Future
| I | will mast |
| you | will mast |
| he;she;it | will mast |
| we | will mast |
| you | will mast |
| they | will mast |
Future Perfect
| I | will have masted |
| you | will have masted |
| he;she;it | will have masted |
| we | will have masted |
| you | will have masted |
| they | will have masted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mast |
| you | mast |
| he;she;it | mast |
| we | mast |
| you | mast |
| they | mast |
Perfect
| I | have masted |
| you | have masted |
| he;she;it | have masted |
| we | have masted |
| you | have masted |
| they | have masted |
Imperfect
| I | masted |
| you | masted |
| he;she;it | masted |
| we | masted |
| you | masted |
| they | masted |
Pluperfect
| I | had masted |
| you | had masted |
| he;she;it | had masted |
| we | had masted |
| you | had masted |
| they | had masted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mast |
| you | would mast |
| he;she;it | would mast |
| we | would mast |
| you | would mast |
| they | would mast |
Perfect
| I | would have masted |
| you | would have masted |
| he;she;it | would have masted |
| we | would have masted |
| you | would have masted |
| they | would have masted |
Imperative
| you | mast |
| we | Let's mast |
| you | mast |
Verbs conjugated like 'mast'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mast'
cast,
east,
fast,
gast,
last,
maft,
malt,
mart,
mase,
mash,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 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”).
2. Cognate with Dutch mast, German Mast, and via Indo-European with Latin mālus, Russian мост (most, “bridge”), Irish adhmad.
Sample Sentences
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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. [1985, Michael Fenner, Seed ecology, page 33:]
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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. [2004, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Christian Körner, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, Forest Diversity and Function: Temperate and Boreal Systems, page 28:]
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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. [2008, Chris Rowthorn, Muhammad Cohen, China Williams, Borneo, page 50:]