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English Dictionary: last by the DICT Development Group
8 results for last
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
last
adv
  1. most_recently; "I saw him last in London"
  2. the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"
    Synonym(s): last, lastly, in conclusion, finally
adj
  1. immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"
  2. 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"
    Antonym(s): first
  3. occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave"
    Synonym(s): concluding, final, last, terminal
  4. most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
  5. occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites"
  6. conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
    Synonym(s): final, last, net
  7. 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"
    Synonym(s): last, utmost
  8. not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say"
    Synonym(s): final, last
  9. lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place"
    Synonym(s): last, last-place, lowest
n
  1. the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
    Synonym(s): stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close
  2. the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
  3. a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last"
  4. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"
    Synonym(s): death, last
  5. a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
  6. a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
  7. the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
    Synonym(s): end, last, final stage
  8. holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
    Synonym(s): last, shoemaker's last, cobbler's last
v
  1. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"
    Synonym(s): last, endure
  2. continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
    Synonym(s): survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Last \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Last \Last\, n. [As. hl[91]st, fr. hladan to lade; akin to OHG.
      hlast, G., D., Dan., & Sw. last: cf. F. laste, last, a last,
      of German or Dutch origin. See {Lade}.]
      1. 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.
  
      2. The burden of a ship; a cargo.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Last \Last\, 3d pers. sing. pres.
      of {Last}, to endure, contracted from lasteth. [Obs.]
      --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Last \Last\, a. [OE. last, latst, contr. of latest, superl. of
      late; akin to OS. lezt, lazt, last, D. laatst, G. letzt. See
      {Late}, and cf. {Latest}.]
      1. 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.
  
                     Also day by day, from the first day unto the last
                     day, he read in the book of the law of God. --Neh.
                                                                              viii. 18.
  
                     Fairest of stars, last in the train of night.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. Next before the present; as, I saw him last week.
  
      3. Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
  
                     Contending for principles of the last importance.
                                                                              --R. Hall.
  
      4. Lowest in rank or degree; as, the last prize. --Pope.
  
      5. 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Last \Last\, n. [AS. l[be]sttrace, track, footstep; akin to D.
      leest a last, G. leisten, Sw. l[84]st, Dan. l[91]st, Icel.
      leistr the foot below the ankle, Goth. laists track, way;
      from a root signifying, to go. Cf. {Last}, v. i., {Learn},
      {Delirium}.]
      A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and
      shoes are formed.
  
               The cobbler is not to go beyond his last. --L'Estrange.
  
      {Darning last}, a smooth, hard body, often egg-shaped, put
            into a stocking to preserve its shape in darning.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Last \Last\, adv. [See {Last}, a.]
      1. 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.
  
      2. In conclusion; finally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Last \Last\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Lasting}.] [OE. lasten, As. l[91]stan to perform, execute,
      follow, last, continue, fr. l[be]st, l[?]st, trace, footstep,
      course; akin to G. leisten to perform, Goth. laistjan to
      follow. See {Last} mold of the foot.]
      1. To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.
  
                     [I] proffered me to be slave in all that she me
                     would ordain while my life lasted.      --Testament of
                                                                              Love.
  
      2. 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.
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