mase
US/meɪz/
mase verb: to act as a maser; to emit or subject to maser radiation. Also the obsolete form of maze.
Verb
mase (third-person singular simple present mases, present participle masing, simple past and past participle mased)
- To act as a maser; to emit or subject to maser radiation.
Also used as
mase is also the obsolete form of maze.
Forms of mase
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | mases |
| present participle | masing |
| past participle | mased |
| past | mased |
| Noun | |
| plural | mases |
Origin of mase
Back-formation from maser as if mase + agentive -er. Compare lase from laser.
Words that rhyme with mase
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- amaze
- appraise
- craze
- fraise
- gaze
- phrase
- mayonnaise
- ablaze
- braise
- chaise
- lase
- liaise
- malaise
- maze
- peise
- baize
- bayes
- bolognese
- braize
- braze
- days
- daze
- emprise
- laze
- overglaze
- praise
- reyse
- ukase
- upraise
- abbes
- abrase
- acraze
- affrays
- arrays
- assays
- bays
- bayze
- blays
- bordelaise
- borrowing days
- brays
- cays
- chays
- clays
- conveys
- crays
- crème anglaise
- decays
Questions about mase
- What does mase mean?
- Mase means to act as a maser; to emit or subject to maser radiation.
- What part of speech is mase?
- Mase is a verb.
- How do you pronounce mase?
- Mase is pronounced /meɪz/ (US).
- What is the past tense of mase?
- The past tense of mase is mased.
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