hasp
hasp · hasps · hasped · hasping
To shut or fasten with a hasp, or as with a haspTo shut or fasten with a hasp, or as with a hasp.
UK/hɑːsp/US/hæsp/
Meaning
1 sensesTo shut or fasten with a hasp, or as with a hasp.
secure or lock with a hasp
Origin
From Middle English haspe, hespe, from Old English hæsp, hæpse (“hasp; clasp; fastening”),From Middle English haspe, hespe, from Old English hæsp, hæpse (“hasp; clasp; fastening”), from Proto-West Germanic *haspijā, from Proto-Germanic *haspijǭ, *hapsijǭ (“hasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kamb- (“to bend; crook”).
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Forms
hasps, hasping, hasped, haspedWord family
1 related wordsDerivedunhasp
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.