English Dictionary

was

/wɒz/

verb

first-person singular simple past indicative of be. / third-person singular simple past indicative of be.

She was happy to see her friends.

意味（1）

first-person singular simple past indicative of be.

I was castigated and scorned.

意味（2）

third-person singular simple past indicative of be.

It was a really humongous slice of cake.

意味（3）

(now colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.

There was three of them there.

意味（4）

(now colloquial or nonstandard) second-person singular simple past indicative of be.

You was pleased to cast a favourable eye upon me.

意味（5）

(colloquial, nonstandard) first-person plural simple past indicative of be

“What happened here, Hadley?” the chief asked. “We was robbed, damn it, we was robbed.”

意味（6）

(colloquial, nonstandard) third-person plural simple past indicative of be

When the reflection in the glass that I held to my lips now baby / Revealed the tears that was on my face, yeah