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Lasso

Lass′o

(lăs′sō̍)
Noun.
;
pl.
Lassos
(-sōz)
.
[Sp.
lazo
, L.
laqueus
. See
Lace
.]
A rope or long thong of leather with a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc.
Lasso cell
(Zool.)
,
one of a peculiar kind of defensive and offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in all cœlenterates, and in a few animals of other groups. They are most highly developed in the tentacles of jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actiniæ. Each of these cells is filled with, fluid, and contains a long, slender, often barbed, hollow thread coiled up within it. When the cell contracts the thread is quickly ejected, being at the same time turned inside out. The thread is able to penetrate the flesh of various small, soft-bodied animals, and carries a subtle poison by which they are speedily paralyzed and killed. The threads, at the same time, hold the prey in position, attached to the tentacles. Some of the jellyfishes, as the Portuguese man-of-war, and
Cyanea
, are able to penetrate the human skin, and inflict painful stings in the same way. Called also
nettling cell
,
cnida
,
cnidocell
.

Las′so

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lassoed
(lăs′sō̍d)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Lassoing
.]
To catch with a lasso.

Definition 2024

Lasso

Lasso

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German

Noun

Lasso n ‎(genitive Lassos, plural Lassos)

  1. lasso

lasso

lasso

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English

Noun

lasso ‎(plural lassos or lassoes)

  1. A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.
  2. (computing) An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.

Translations

Verb

lasso ‎(third-person singular simple present lassoes, present participle lassoing, simple past and past participle lassoed)

  1. To catch with a lasso.

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Finnish

Etymology

From English lasso.

Noun

lasso

  1. lasso

Declension

Inflection of lasso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative lasso lassot
genitive lasson lassojen
partitive lassoa lassoja
illative lassoon lassoihin
singular plural
nominative lasso lassot
accusative nom. lasso lassot
gen. lasson
genitive lasson lassojen
partitive lassoa lassoja
inessive lassossa lassoissa
elative lassosta lassoista
illative lassoon lassoihin
adessive lassolla lassoilla
ablative lassolta lassoilta
allative lassolle lassoille
essive lassona lassoina
translative lassoksi lassoiksi
instructive — lassoin
abessive lassotta lassoitta
comitative — lassoineen

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlas.so/, [ˈl̺äs̪s̪o̞]
  • Rhymes: -asso
  • Hyphenation: làs‧so

Etymology 1

From Latin lassus ‎(“weary”, “tired”).

Adjective

lasso m ‎(feminine singular lassa, masculine plural lassi, feminine plural lasse) (obsolete, literary)

  1. tired, weary, fatigued, weak
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto I, p. 8, vv. 28-30:
      Poi ch'ei posato un poco il corpo lasso, ¶ ripresi via per la piaggia diserta, ¶ sì che 'l piè fermo sempre era 'l più basso.
      After my weary body I had rested, ¶ the way resumed I on the desert slope, ¶ so that the firm foot ever was the lower.
  2. miserable, unhappy, bleak
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Etymology 2

From Latin laxus ‎(“yielding”, “loose”).

Adjective

lasso m ‎(feminine singular lassa, masculine plural lassi, feminine plural lasse) (dated, literary)

  1. lax, loose
  2. (figuratively) lax, lenient, permissive
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Etymology 3

From Latin lāpsus, perfect participle of lābor ‎(“I slip, flow”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *leb- ‎(“to hang loosely”).

Noun

lasso m ‎(plural lassi)

  1. (only in the locution lasso di tempo) flow, passage, period (of time)
    Questa procedura richiede un certo lasso di tempo.‎
    This procedure takes a period of time.
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Etymology 4

Borrowing from English lasso, from Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus.

Noun

lasso m ‎(plural lassi)

  1. lariat, lasso
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Etymology 5

From lassare, older variant of lasciare ‎(“to leave”, “to allow”).

Noun

lasso m ‎(plural lassi)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of lassa

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Latin

Etymology

From lassus ‎(“faint, weary”).

Pronunciation

Verb

lassō ‎(present infinitive lassāre, perfect active lassāvī, supine lassātum); first conjugation

  1. (transitive) I tire, weary, fatigue; I render faint.

Inflection

   Conjugation of lasso (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lassō lassās lassat lassāmus lassātis lassant
imperfect lassābam lassābās lassābat lassābāmus lassābātis lassābant
future lassābō lassābis lassābit lassābimus lassābitis lassābunt
perfect lassāvī lassāvistī lassāvit lassāvimus lassāvistis lassāvērunt, lassāvēre
pluperfect lassāveram lassāverās lassāverat lassāverāmus lassāverātis lassāverant
future perfect lassāverō lassāveris lassāverit lassāverimus lassāveritis lassāverint
passive present lassor lassāris, lassāre lassātur lassāmur lassāminī lassantur
imperfect lassābar lassābāris, lassābāre lassābātur lassābāmur lassābāminī lassābantur
future lassābor lassāberis, lassābere lassābitur lassābimur lassābiminī lassābuntur
perfect lassātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect lassātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect lassātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lassem lassēs lasset lassēmus lassētis lassent
imperfect lassārem lassārēs lassāret lassārēmus lassārētis lassārent
perfect lassāverim lassāverīs lassāverit lassāverīmus lassāverītis lassāverint
pluperfect lassāvissem lassāvissēs lassāvisset lassāvissēmus lassāvissētis lassāvissent
passive present lasser lassēris, lassēre lassētur lassēmur lassēminī lassentur
imperfect lassārer lassārēris, lassārēre lassārētur lassārēmur lassārēminī lassārentur
perfect lassātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect lassātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — lassā — — lassāte —
future — lassātō lassātō — lassātōte lassantō
passive present — lassāre — — lassāminī —
future — lassātor lassātor — — lassantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives lassāre lassāvisse lassātūrus esse lassārī lassātus esse lassātum īrī
participles lassāns — lassātūrus — lassātus lassandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
lassāre lassandī lassandō lassandum lassātum lassātū

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lasso, from Latin lassus ‎(“weary; exhausted”), from Proto-Indo-European *led- ‎(“slow; weary”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.su/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈla.so/
  • Homophone: laço
  • Hyphenation: las‧so

Adjective

lasso m ‎(feminine singular lassa, masculine plural lassos, feminine plural lassas, comparable)

  1. weary; very tired; exhausted
  2. (of a person) degenerate; dissolute (unrestrained by morality)
  3. lax; loose (not tight)
  4. worn out (damaged and useless due to hard or continued use)

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Etymology

From Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: lăs'o͝o, IPA(key): /læsˈuː/
  • (US) enPR: 'lăsō, 'lăso͝o, IPA(key): /ˈlæs.oʊ/, /ˈlæs.u/

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