AVAST

Definition: AVAST

AVAST

Adjective

1. Cease; stop; stay.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "AVAST" was first used: 1681. (references)

Etymology: Avast \A*vast"\, interj. [Corrupted from Dutch houd vast hold fast. See Hold, transitive verb, and Fast,]. (Websters 1913)

"AVAST" is a common misspelling or typo for: avert, avis, east, vast, vest.

Cessation

Interjection: hold! stop! enough! avast! have done! a truce to! soft! leave off! tenez!

Prohibition

Hands off! keep off! hold! stop! desist! cease and desist! avast!

Quiescence

Interjection: stop! stay! avast! halt! hold hard! whoa! hold! sabr karo!.

Relinquishment

Interjection: avast!; (stop).

Avast and belay, Batman. (Batman; writing credit: Bob Kane; Lorenzo Semple Jr.)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Avast Ye Slobs (reference)

• Avast Ye Slobs Utah Pirate and Treasure Trivia (reference)

• Avast Ye Slobs: Connecticut Pirate Trivia (Carole Marsh Connecticut)) (reference)

• Avast, Ye Slobs!: Alaska Pirate Trivia (Carole Marsh Alaska Books) (reference)

• Avast, Ye Slobs!: Colorado Pirate Trivia (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Greek 

κράτει, σταμάτα, βάστα, φέρμα. (various references)

Pig Latin

avastay

Romanian

stai (hold on, hollo). (various references)

Russian 

стой!. (various references)

Ukrainian

стоп. (various references)

houd vast. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: tavs, vasa, vast, vats.

-2 letters: aas, ava, sat, tas, tav, vas, vat.

-3 letters: aa, as, at, ta.

+1 letter: savant, savate.

+2 letters: atavism, atavist, avatars, aviates, caveats, cravats, ottavas, savants, savates, vacates, valutas.

+3 letters: aestival, akvavits, aquavits, atavisms, atavists, aviarist, aviators, gravitas, havartis, postcava, salivate, sanative, savagest, stravage, stravaig, tavernas, travails, tsarevna, vagrants, valiants, valuates, vantages, variants, variates.

+4 letters: ablatives, activates, adjuvants, advocates, aestivate, amadavats, atavistic, avadavats, aventails, aviarists, aviations, avigators, causative, cavatinas, caveators, cavitates, devastate, divagates, evacuants, evacuates, evaluates, excavates, galavants, galivants, lavations, laxatives, navigates, passivate, postcavae, postcaval, salivated, salivates, salivator, salvation, shavetail, stravaged, stravages, stravaigs, traversal, tsarevnas, tzarevnas, vacations, valerates, validates, valuators, vanadates, vanaspati, varactors, varietals, veratrias, vicarates, viewdatas.