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avast
[ uh-vast, uh-vahst ]
verb (imperative)
- (used as a command to stop or cease):
Avast heaving!
avast
/ əˈvɑːst /
sentence substitute
- nautical stop! cease!
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Origin of avast1
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Example Sentences
“Avast there, Jane,” laughed out Sam, much pleased at the way in which his sister had received me.
"Avast heaving, reverend man, and quit this folly," said the strange; dragging the bewildered Padre after him.
What would the mate of a French frigate say if he wanted to say in French, "Avast there, ye lubbering swab" to a friend like?
In a few minutes the second mate came up, hallooing to us to "avast," and laughing.
And so they watched the evolutions of the gulls for a few minutes, till Josh called out “Avast!”
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