noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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."

2. 2
   a long noosed rope used to catch animals wordnet
3. 3
   An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.

Verb

1. 1
   To catch with a lasso. transitive

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

2. 2
   catch with a lasso wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

lariatropeannular muscleannulusareolaaureole

Example

More examples

"The priest reprimanded the altar boy for swinging the incense around like a lasso."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

lasso celllasso peptidelasso up

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