WAS

v. exist; occur, happen; occupy a position or place

WAS is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: In reference to Washington, D.C.:Washington Nationals, Major League Baseball teamWashington Capitals, National Hockey League teamWashington Redskins, National Football League teamWashington Wizards, National Basketball Association team
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The Was () is the Egyptian hieroglyphic character that stands for a word meaning . In their 2004 book "The Quick and the Dead", Andrew H. Gordon and Calvin W. Schwabe speculated that the Ankh, Djed and Was symbols have a biological basis derived from ancient cattle culture, thus:the Ankh - symbol of life - thoracic vertebrae of a bull (seen in cross section)the Djed - symbol of stability - base or sacrum of a bull's spinethe Was - symbol of power and dominion - a staff made from a dried bull's penis that was the symbol for the goddess Wosret or Wasret
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Verb
1. have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
(hyponym) look
2. be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
3. occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
(hyponym) stretch, stretch along
4. have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"
(synonym) exist
(hyponym) come
(derivation) being, beingness, existence
5. happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen"
6. be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"
(synonym) equal
(hyponym) equate, correspond
7. form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
(synonym) constitute, represent, make up, comprise
(hyponym) make
8. work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"
(synonym) follow
(hyponym) vet
9. represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
(synonym) embody, personify
(hypernym) typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
(hyponym) body, personify
10. spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
(hypernym) take, occupy, use up
11. have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
(synonym) live
(verb-group) survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
(derivation) organism, being
12. to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be"
(hypernym) stay, remain, rest
13. be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"
(synonym) cost
(hyponym) set back, knock back, put back

pron. what, word used in a question to inquire about a thing; how much?, what amount?; Really?; which, the one that, that