[vast, vahst] 
adjective, -er, -est, noun | 1. | of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space. |
| 2. | of very great size or proportions; huge; enormous: vast piles of rubble left in the wake of the war. |
| 3. | very great in number, quantity, amount, etc.: vast sums of money. |
| 4. | very great in degree, intensity, etc.: an artisan of vast skill. |
| 5. | Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space. |
| vast (vāst) adj. vast·er, vast·est
An immense space. [Latin vāstus.] vast'ly adv., vast'ness n. |