4-Letter Words Containing: _AST

• acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly

• (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time

• at a rapid tempo

• abstaining from food

• quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)

• firmly or closely

• (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds

• resistant to destruction or fading

• unrestrained by convention or morality

• hurried and brief

• securely fixed in place

• unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

• (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time

• abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons

• abstain from eating

• unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

• To possess, own.

• To hold, as something at someone's disposal.

• Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.

• To partake of (a particular substance, especially food or drink, or action or activity).

• To be scheduled to attend, undertake or participate in.

• To experience, go through, undergo.

• To be afflicted with, suffer from.

• (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect.

• Used as an interrogative verb before a pronoun to form a tag question, echoing a previous use of 'have' as an auxiliary verb or, in certain cases, main verb. (For further discussion, see the appendix English tag questions.)

• (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.

• To give birth to.

• To engage in sexual intercourse with.

• To accept as a romantic partner.

• (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.

• (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.

• (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)

• (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.

• To defeat in a fight; take.

• (obsolete outside Ireland) To be able to speak (a language).

• To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.

• To trick, to deceive.

• (often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.

• (often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.

• To host someone; to take in as a guest.

• To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.

• (of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.

• To make an observation of (a bird species).

• The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.

• A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.

• The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).

• The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.

• That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.

• The middle part of anything.

• earlier than the present time; no longer current

• the time that has elapsed

• a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)

• a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past

• so as to pass a given point

• of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

• the actors in a play

• container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

• the distinctive form in which a thing is made

• the visual appearance of something or someone

• bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal

• object formed by a mold

• the act of throwing dice

• the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel

• a violent throw

• put or send forth

• deposit

• select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet

• throw forcefully

• assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors

• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

• form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold

• to remove

• choose at random

• formulate in a particular style or language

• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

• a vertical spar for supporting sails

• nuts of forest trees (as beechnuts and acorns) accumulated on the ground

• nuts of forest trees used as feed for swine

• any sturdy upright pole

• cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess; represents life-giving power of the sun

• strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants

• (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

• coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining

• the temporal end; the concluding time

• the last or lowest in an ordering or series

• a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do

• the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

• a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds

• a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

• the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence

• holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes

• most recently

• the item at the end

• immediately past

• occurring at or forming an end or termination

• most unlikely or unsuitable

• occurring at the time of death

• conclusive in a process or progression

• highest in extent or degree

• not to be altered or undone

• lowest in rank or importance

• persist for a specified period of time

• continue to live and avoid dying