vast

Dutch (Brabantic)

/vɑst/

adj
Definitions
  • firm, fast, tight
  • fixed, not moving or changing
  • stuck, unable to get out
  • (chemistry) in the solid state
  • (botany) perennial
  • (of a telephone) using a landline

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch vast inherited from Old Dutch fast inherited from Proto-Germanic *fastuz (firm, fixed, secure).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*fastuz

Gloss

firm, fixed, secure

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