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hasting

hasting is the singular of hastings.

hasting is the present participle and gerund of haste.

Noun

hasting (plural hastings)

  1. (archaic) An act of urging onward.
  2. (archaic) A hastened movement.

Meaning of hastings

Noun

hastings pl (normally plural, singular hasting)

  1. (dated, plural, plural-normally) Early fruit or vegetables, especially peas.
    • The large white and green Hastings are tender , and not to be set till the cold is over , and then not very thick , for they spread much and mount high , and therefore require the help of tall Sticks1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC

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Meaning of haste

Verb

haste (third-person singular simple present hastes, present participle hasting, simple past and past participle hasted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To urge onward; to hasten.
    • Baſſ. You may doe ſo, but let it be ſo haſted that ſupper be readie at the fartheſt by fiue of the clocke.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To move with haste.
    • The city is amaz'd, for Sylla hastes / To enter Rome with fury, sword and fire.1594, “The Wounds of Civill War”, in A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VII (4th edition)

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Proper noun capitalized: Hasting

Hasting (plural Hastings)

  1. A surname.

Forms of hasting

Noun
pluralhastings
Proper noun
pluralHastings

Questions about hasting

What does hasting mean?
Hasting means an act of urging onward.
What is hasting the singular of?
Hasting is the singular of hastings.
What part of speech is hasting?
Hasting can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of hasting?
The plural of hasting is hastings.

Words near hasting in the dictionary

  1. hastiludes
  2. hastily
  3. Hastinapura
  4. hastiness
  5. hastinesses
  6. hasting
  7. hastings
  8. Hastings County
  9. Hastings Point
  10. hastingsite
  11. hastingsites

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