lasso

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Spanish lazo ← Vulgar Latin *laceum ← Latin laqueus.

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Singular
lasso

Plural
lassos or lassoes

lasso (plural lassos or 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 allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.

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Infinitive
to lasso

Third person singular
lassoes

Simple past
lassoed

Past participle
lassoed

Present participle
lassoing

to lasso (third-person singular simple present lassoes, present participle lassoing, simple past and past participle lassoed)

  1. To catch with a lasso.

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lasso

  1. lasso

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[edit] Italian

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Latin laxus

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lasso m (f lassa, m plural lassi, f plural lasse)

  1. lax

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lasso m. (plural lassi)

  1. precess, passage

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From lassus (faint, weary).

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present active lassō, present infinitive lassāre, perfect active lassāvī, supine lassātum.

  1. (transitive) I tire, weary, fatigue; I render faint.

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