Were

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Second person singular and plural and first and third person plural past indicative of be.
  • v. Past subjunctive of be. See Usage Notes at if, wish.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Second-person singular simple past tense indicative of be.
  • v. First-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.
  • v. Second-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.
  • v. Third-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.
  • v. Simple imperfect subjunctive in all persons of be.
  • v. was.
  • n. man (human male), as in werewolf ("man-wolf").
  • n. A fine for slaying a man; weregild.
  • n. The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To wear. See 3d wear.
  • n. A weir. See weir.
  • v. To guard; to protect.
  • The imperfect indicative plural, and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See be.
  • n. A man.
  • n. A fine for slaying a man; the money value set upon a man's life; weregild.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An obsolete form of wear 1, wear, weir, war, vair.
  • n. See wer.
  • n. Indicative plural and subjunctive singular and plural of was. See was.
  • Word Usage
    "Atsiko, those books were all published by big houses, so by definition, they *were* ready for publication."
    Cross Reference
    is    are    am    being    art    be   
    Variant
    wear    weir    be   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    guard    protect    man    weregild   
    Verb Stem
    be   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Burr    Fleur    Fur    Kerr    Monsieur    Shir    Sir    Spur    Thur    Ur   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    was    knew    am    know    who    bring    ought    contra    see    do