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lasso

noun
/læsˈuː/CA/ˈlæs.oʊ/US

Etymology

From Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus. Doublet of lace.

  1. derived from laqueus
  2. derived from *laceum✻
  3. borrowed from lazo

Definitions

  1. A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle…

    A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.

    • He managed to catch the runaway bull with a lasso.
    • She threw the lasso skillfully around the post.

  2. An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by…

    An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.

  3. To catch with a lasso.

    • He had to lasso the wild horse before it ran off.

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Derived

lasso cell, lassolike, lasso peptide, unlasso

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lasso. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA