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Complete Definition of "lasso"

English
wikipedia
Etymology
Spanish lazo > Vulgar Latin *laceum > Latin laqueus

Pronunciation
AHD|lăs'Å
IPA|/læˈsoʊ/
audio|en-us-lasso.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun|pl2=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 for drawing a line around an object.

Translations
trans-top|a long rope
Icelandic: snara f, slöngvivaður m
trans-mid
Latin: laqueum n, capulus m, capulum n
Spanish: lazo
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Verb
en-verb|lasso|es

#to catch with a lasso

Translations
trans-top|to catch with a lasso
Icelandic: snara
trans-mid
Spanish: lacear, lazar
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See also
lariat
noose


Italian

Etymology
Latin laxus

Adjective
it-adj|lass

  1. lax

Noun
it-noun|lass|m|o|i

  1. precess, passage

Related terms
lassativo
lassismo

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