Definition of lasts Lasts
/læˈsts/ - [lasts] -
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What does lasts mean?
Wiktionary 
- lasts (Noun)
Plural of last.
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NounPlural: lasts |
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| last - a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels | ||
| capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit a unit of measurement of volume or capacity | ||
| last - a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last" | ||
| last - holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes | ||
| shoemaker's last, cobbler's last | ||
| last - a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds | ||
| last - the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last" | ||
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| last - persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" | ||
| endure | ||
| measure determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall" | ||
| run for, run become undone; "the sweater unraveled" | ||
| hold out, endure, wear wait uncompromisingly for something desirable; "He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses" | ||
| drag on, drag out last unnecessarily long | ||
Adjectivelast, laster, lastest |
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| last - coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel" | ||
| first ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate" | ||
| fourth-year, senior used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; "the senior prom" | ||
| sunset providing for termination; "a program with a sunset provision" | ||
| last - highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually" | ||
| utmost | ||
| high happy and excited and energetic | ||
| last - occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites" | ||
| last - lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place" | ||
| last-place, lowest | ||
| last - most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job" | ||
| last - immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read" | ||
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| last - the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values" | ||
| lastly, in conclusion, finally | ||
| last - most_recently; "I saw him last in London" | ||
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Wiktionary
- last (Noun)
A tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes. - last (Noun)
A burden; load; a cargo; freight. - last (Noun)
A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned. - last (Noun)
An old English and Dutch measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons. - last (Noun)
A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value. - last (Verb)
To perform, carry out . - last (Verb)
To endure, continue over time. - last (Verb)
To hold out, continue undefeated or entire. - last (Verb)
To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last. - last (Adverb)
Most recently. - last (Adverb)
After everything else; finally. - last (Adjective)
Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind. - last (Adjective)
Most recent, latest, last so far. - last (Adjective)
Least preferable.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- last (3d pers. sing. pres.)
of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth. - last (a.)
Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hindmost; farthest; as, the last year of a century; the last man in a line of soldiers; the last page in a book; his last chance. - last (a.)
Next before the present; as, I saw him last week. - last (a.)
Supreme; highest in degree; utmost. - last (a.)
Lowest in rank or degree; as, the last prize. - last (a.)
Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as, he is the last person to be accused of theft. - last (a.)
At a time or on an occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have occurred; the last time; as, I saw him last in New York. - last (a.)
In conclusion; finally. - last (a.)
At a time next preceding the present time. - last (v. i.)
To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence. - last (v. i.)
To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuel will last through the winter. - last (v. i.)
A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed. - last (v. t.)
To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to last a boot. - last (n.)
A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers; of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels; of wool, twelve sacks; of flax or feathers, 1,700 lbs. - last (n.)
The burden of a ship; a cargo.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To endure, continue over time. -
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Most recent.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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last, n. a wooden mould of the foot on which boots and shoes are made.—v.t. to fit with a last.—n. Last′er, one who fits the parts of shoes to lasts: a tool for doing so. [A.S. lást, a trace.] -
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last, v.i. to continue, endure: to escape failure: remain fresh, unimpaired.—adj. Last′ing, permanent, durable.—n. endurance.—adv. Last′ingly.—n. Last′ingness. [A.S. lǽstan, to keep a track. See foregoing word.] -
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last, n. a load, cargo, a weight generally estimated at 4000 lb., but varying in different articles.—n. Last′age, the lading of a ship: room for stowing goods in a ship: a duty formerly paid for the right of carrying goods, &c. [A.S. hlæst—hladan, to load; Ger. last, Ice. hlass.] -
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last, adj. latest: coming after all the others: final: next before the present: utmost: meanest: most improbable or unlikely—also adv.—n. Last′-court, a court held by the jurats in the marshes of Kent to fix rates chargeable for the preservation of these—also Last.—adv. Last′ly.—Last day (Scot.), yesterday; Last heir (Eng. law), he to whom lands come by escheat for want of lawful heirs.—At last, in conclusion (this from A.S. on lást, therefore not from late at all, but from last (1), which is the A.S. lást, a trace); Breathe one's last, to die; Die in the last ditch, to fight to the bitter end; First and last, altogether; On one's last legs, on the verge of utter failure or exhaustion; Put the last hand to, to finish, put the finishing touch to; The last cast (see Cast); The last day, the Day of Judgment; The last days, times (B.), the period when the end of the world draws near; To the last, to the end: till death. [A contr. of latest.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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A dry measure containing 80 bushels of corn. A cargo. A weight of 4000 lbs. A last of cod or white herrings is 12 barrels. Last, or ship-last, a Swedish weight of 2 tons. -
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When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, and her angular distance from the sun 90°, but towards the west, she is said to be in the last quarter, with her eastern half illuminated.
