Mast

Quick meaning: Mast is a noun meaning To supply and fit a mast to (a ship).

Meaning

To supply and fit a mast to (a ship).

More Meanings

1. (of swine and other animals) To feed on forest seed or fruit.
2. (bodybuilding slang) The anabolic steroid drostanolone propionate, also known as Masteron
3. (naval) A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command.
4. 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.
5. (agriculture, forestry, ecology, of a population of plants) To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others.
6. (nautical, communication, aviation) 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).
7. (obsolete, billiards) A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball.

Example Sentences

The Winter comes, and then the falling Maſt, / For greedy Swine, provides a full repaſt.

She ſhut them ſtraight in ſties; and gaue them meate / Oke-maſt, and beech, and Cornell fruite, they eate, […]

The cultivated harvest in the fields was matched by the woodland ‘mast’ of beechnuts, acorns, chestnuts, and other fruits of the forest.

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.

Word Forms

• masts
• masting
• masted

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include maintop, sprit, topgallant, masthead, mizzen, flagpole.

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