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adjective
1.
continuing or enduring a long time; permanent; durable: a lasting friendship.
noun
2.
a strong, durable, closely woven fabric for shoe uppers, coverings on buttons, etc.
3.
Archaic. the quality of surviving or continuing and maintaining strength, effectiveness, etc.
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Lasting
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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verb (used without object)
1.
to go on or continue in time: The festival lasted three weeks.
2.
to continue unexpended or unexhausted; be enough: We'll enjoy ourselves while our money lasts.
3.
to continue in force, vigor, effectiveness, etc.: to last for the whole course.
4.
to continue or remain in usable condition for a reasonable period of time: They were handsome shoes but they didn't last.
verb (used with object)
5.
to continue to survive for the duration of (often followed by out): They lasted the war in Switzerland.
noun
1.
a wooden or metal form in the shape of the human foot on which boots or shoes are shaped or repaired.
2.
the shape or form of a shoe.
verb (used with object)
Idiom3.
to shape on or fit to a last.
4.
stick to one's last, to keep to that work, field, etc., in which one is competent or skilled.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English lest(e), last(e), Old English lǣste; cognate with German Leisten; akin to Old English lāst, Gothic laists track
before 900; Middle English lest(e), last(e), Old English lǣste; cognate with German Leisten; akin to Old English lāst, Gothic laists track
Related forms
last·er, noun
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Word Origin & History
last
"shoemaker's block," from O.E. læste, from last "track, footprint, trace," from P.Gmc. *laistaz (cf. O.N. leistr "the foot," O.H.G. leist "track, footprint," Goth. laistjan "to follow," O.E. læran "to teach").
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