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las·so

Audio Help [las-oh, la-soo] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -sos, -soes, verb, -soed, -so·ing.

–noun

1.	a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to catch with or as with a lasso.

[Origin: 1760–70; < Sp lazo < L laqueus noose, bond; see lace

]

—Related forms

las·so·er, noun

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Las·so

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–noun

Orlando di

Audio Help [dee] Pronunciation Key, (Orlandus Lassus

), 1532–94, Flemish composer.

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las·so Audio Help   (lās'ō, lā-sōō') Pronunciation Key
n.   pl. las·sos or las·soes
A long rope with a running noose at one end, used especially to catch horses and cattle. Also called lariat.

tr.v.   las·soed, las·so·ing, las·sos or las·soes
To catch with or as if with such a long rope.

[Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, noose; see lace.]

las'so·er n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
lasso

1807 (v.); 1808 (n.), Amer.Eng., from Sp. lazo, from L. laqueum (nom. laqueus) "noose, snare" (see lace).

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lasso
noun
1.	Belgian composer (1532-1594)
2.	a long noosed rope used to catch animals
verb
1.	catch with a lasso; "rope cows"

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lasso [lӕˈsuː] noun — plural lasˈso(e)s

a long rope with a loop which tightens when the rope is pulled, used for catching wild horses etc

Arabic:	وَهَق: حَبْل بِطَرَفِه أُنْشوطَه
Chinese (Simplified):	(套捕牛、马等用的)套索
Chinese (Traditional):	(套捕牛、馬等用的)套索
Czech:	laso
Danish:	lasso
Dutch:	lasso
Estonian:	lasso
Finnish:	lasso
French:	lasso
German:	das Lasso
Greek:	λάσο
Hungarian:	lasszó
Icelandic:	snara, slöngvivaður
Indonesian:	laso
Italian:	laccio, lazo

Japanese:	輪なわ
Latvian:	laso
Lithuanian:	lasas, kilpinė
Norwegian:	lasso
Polish:	lasso, arkan
Portuguese (Brazil):	laço
Portuguese (Portugal):	laço
Romanian:	lasou
Russian:	лассо
Slovak:	laso
Slovenian:	laso
Spanish:	lazo
Swedish:	lasso
Turkish:	kement

lasso [lӕˈsuː] verb

to catch with a lasso
Example: The cowboy lassoed the horse.

Arabic:	يُمْسِك بالحَبْل
Chinese (Simplified):	以套索捕
Chinese (Traditional):	以套索捕
Czech:	chytit lasem
Danish:	fange med lasso
Estonian:	lassoga püüdma
Finnish:	pyydystää lassolla
French:	prendre au lasso
Greek:	πιάνω με λάσο
Hungarian:	(meg)lasszóz

Italian:	prendere al laccio, lazo
Korean:	올가미 밧줄로 잡다
Lithuanian:	pagauti su lasu
Polish:	chwycić na lasso
Portuguese (Brazil):	laçar
Romanian:	a prinde cu lasoul
Russian:	арканить
Slovak:	chytiť lasom
Spanish:	coger con un lazo
Turkish:	kementle tutmak, *yakalamak

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Lasso

Lace\ (l[=a]s), n. [OE. las, OF. laz, F. lacs, dim. lacet, fr. L. laqueus noose, snare; prob. akin to lacere to entice. Cf. Delight, Elicit, Lasso, Latchet.]

1. That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc.

His hat hung at his back down by a lace. --Chaucer.

For striving more, the more in laces strong Himself he tied. --Spenser.

2. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net. [Obs.] --Fairfax.

Vulcanus had caught thee [Venus] in his lace. --Chaucer.

3. A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc., often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of thread, much worn as an ornament of dress.

Our English dames are much given to the wearing of costlylaces. --Bacon.

4. Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage. [Old Slang] --Addison.

Alencon lace, a kind of point lace, entirely of needlework, first made at Alencon in France, in the 17th century. It is very durable and of great beauty and cost.

Bone lace, Brussels lace, etc. See under Bone, Brussels, etc.

Gold lace, or Silver lace, lace having warp threads of silk, or silk and cotton, and a weft of silk threads covered with gold (or silver), or with gilt.

Lace leather, thin, oil-tanned leather suitable for cutting into lacings for machine belts.

Lace lizard (Zo["o]l.), a large, aquatic, Australian lizard (Hydrosaurus giganteus), allied to the monitors.

Lace paper, paper with an openwork design in imitation of lace.

Lace piece (Shipbuilding), the main piece of timber which supports the beak or head projecting beyond the stem of a ship.

Lace pillow, & Pillow lace. See under Pillow.

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Lasso

Lass"o\ (l[a^]s"s[-o]) n.; pl. Lassos (-s[=o]z). [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 (Zo["o]l.), one of a peculiar kind of defensive and offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in all c[oe]lenterates, and in a few animals of other groups. They are most highly developed in the tentacles of jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actini[ae]. 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.

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