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.
Meanings
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).
A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command.
fo mastur (support of a sail) · ga crann (support of a sail) · ro arbore (support of a sail) · mn шураг (support of a sail) · sv mast (support of a sail) · es mástil (support of a sail) · tg мачта (support of a sail) · mi rewa (support of a sail) · th เสากระโดง (support of a sail) · cs stěžeň (support of a sail) · la mālus (support of a sail) · nb mast (support of a sail) · vi cột buồm (support of a sail) · is siglutré (support of a sail) · fa-ira دَکَل (support of a sail) · km សសរក្ដោង (support of a sail) · cop ⲑⲱⲕ (support of a sail) · nn mast (support of a sail) · uz machta (support of a sail) · lv masts (support of a sail) · sa कूपक (support of a sail) · xcl կայմ (support of a sail) · pdt Säajelpost (support of a sail) · pt mastro (support of a sail) · id tiang (support of a sail) · be ма́чта (support of a sail) · el ιστός (support of a sail) · sq drushtë (support of a sail) · lo ເສົາກະໂດງເຮືອ (support of a sail) · hu árbóc (support of a sail) · tr babafingo (support of a sail) · arz صاري (support of a sail) · da mast (support of a sail) · tk maçta (support of a sail) · io masto (support of a sail) · my ရွက်တိုင် (support of a sail) · km ដងក្ដោង (support of a sail) · lo ເສົາເຮືອ (support of a sail) · hi कूपदंड (support of a sail) · ga seolchrann (support of a sail) · hy կայմ (support of a sail) · rup catargu (support of a sail) · axm սարի (support of a sail) · cmn 桅杆 (support of a sail) · br gwern (support of a sail) · lt rangautas (support of a sail) · cmn 桅 (support of a sail) · th เสา (support of a sail) · sk stožiar (support of a sail) · grc ἱστός (support of a sail) · cop ϣⲧⲉ (support of a sail) · th กระโดง (support of a sail) · ar صَارٍ (support of a sail) · ja マスト (support of a sail) · th เสาเรือ (support of a sail) · vi cột (support of a sail) · ru ма́чта (support of a sail) · ms tiang (support of a sail) · ky мачта (support of a sail) · sk sťažeň (support of a sail) · sq shul (support of a sail) · ur مَسْتُول (support of a sail) · haw kia (support of a sail) · bg ма́чта (support of a sail) · bn মাস্তুল (support of a sail) · eo masto (support of a sail) · nrf mât (support of a sail) · ga crann seoil (support of a sail) · nl mast (support of a sail) · ko 돛대 (support of a sail) · sw mlingoti (support of a sail) · ru ма́шта (support of a sail) · ca pal (support of a sail) · my တိုင် (support of a sail) · rup catartu (support of a sail) · yi מאַסט (support of a sail) · kl napparut (support of a sail) · uk ма́чта (support of a sail) · es mastelero (support of a sail) · lo ເສົາ (support of a sail) · tr direk (support of a sail) · sm fanā (support of a sail) · af mas (support of a sail) · tl puliagan (support of a sail) · it albero (support of a sail) · mk јарбол (support of a sail) · rup catrig (support of a sail) · sl jambor (support of a sail) · kk тірек (support of a sail) · et laevamast (support of a sail) · sh jȃrbol (support of a sail) · mi tokotū (support of a sail) · cy mast (telecommunications mast) · mk катарка (support of a sail) · ota دیرك (support of a sail) · alt мачта (support of a sail) · fi masto (support of a sail) · is sigla (support of a sail) · gl mastro (support of a sail) · fr mât (support of a sail) · dsb sćažor (support of a sail) · be шчо́гла (support of a sail) · ka ანძა (support of a sail) · de Mast (support of a sail) · pl maszt (telecommunications mast) · hsb sćežor (support of a sail) · ro catarg (support of a sail) · et mast (support of a sail) · ja 帆柱 (support of a sail) · pl maszt (support of a sail) · cy hwylbren (support of a sail) · uga 𐎚𐎗𐎐 (support of a sail) · uk що́гла (support of a sail) · mi tiratū (support of a sail) · vo maat (support of a sail) · sh ја̑рбол (support of a sail) · izh mašti (support of a sail) · hi मस्तूल (support of a sail) · is mastur (support of a sail) · kk мачта (support of a sail) · he תֹּרֶן (support of a sail) · az dirək (support of a sail) · eu haga (support of a sail)
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.
he הִתְקִין תֹּרֶן (supply and fit a mast to a ship) · io mastizar (supply and fit a mast to a ship) · it inalberare (supply and fit a mast to a ship) · ca arborar (supply and fit a mast to a ship) · it alberare (supply and fit a mast to a ship)
From Old English mæst (“fallen nuts, food for swine”) and mæstan (“to fatten”), from West Germanic; probably related to meat.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) 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.
She ſhut them ſtraight in ſties; and gaue them meate / Oke-maſt, and beech, and Cornell fruite, they eate, […] 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:
The cultivated harvest in the fields was matched by the woodland ‘mast’ of beechnuts, acorns, chestnuts, and other fruits of the forest. 1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 134:
[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. 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:
The Winter comes, and then the falling Maſt, / For greedy Swine, provides a full repaſt. 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:
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. 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 162:
fi tammenterhot (fruit of forest-trees) · no olden (fruit of forest-trees) · nl mast (fruit of forest-trees) · fr faine (fruit of forest-trees) · de Mast (fruit of forest-trees) · ang mæst (fruit of forest-trees)
From Old English mæst (“fallen nuts, food for swine”) and mæstan (“to fatten”), from West Germanic; probably related to meat.
Meanings
(of swine and other animals) To feed on forest seed or fruit.
(of a population of plants) To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others.
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:
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:
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:
From French masse, with -t probably after Etymology 1, above.
Meanings
(obsolete) A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball.
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. 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC: