Meanings
ostend1
verbostend (third-person singular simple present ostends, present participle ostending, simple past and past participle ostended)
present singular third person ostends · participle present ostending · participle past ostended · past ostended
- To exhibit or show
Mercy to mean offenders we'll ostend.
1602 (first performance), Thomas Dickers [i.e., Thomas Dekker], Iohn Webster [i.e., John Webster], The Famous History of Sir Thomas Wyat. […], London: […] E[dward] A[llde] for Thomas Archer, […], published 1607, →OCLC; reprinted as John S. Farmer, editor, The Famous History of Sir Thomas Wyat (The Tudor Facsimile Texts; 22), [Amersham, Buckinghamshire: s.n.], 1914, →OCLC
Ostend2
proper noun
- A coastal city and municipality in West Flanders, Belgium.
Origin
ostend · verb
- Latinostendere“to show”
- Englishostend
Latin ostendere (“to show”).
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Bulgarian Остенд
- Остенд (Ostend)largest coastal city of Belgium
Danish Oostende
- Oostendelargest coastal city of Belgium
Dutch Oostende
- Oostendelargest coastal city of Belgium
French Ostende
- Ostendelargest coastal city of Belgium
German Ostende
- Ostendelargest coastal city of Belgium
Italian Ostenda
- Ostendalargest coastal city of Belgium
Korean 오스텐더
- 오스텐더 (Oseutendeo)largest coastal city of Belgium
Urdu اوسٹینڈے
- اوسٹینڈے (osṭainḍe)largest coastal city of Belgium
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APA
ostend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ostend
MLA
“ostend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ostend. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ostend,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ostend.
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