"last" Definition

Definitions for the word "last" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. 3d pers. sing. pres.
of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hindmost; farthest; as, the last year of a century; the last man in a line of soldiers; the last page in a book; his last chance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Next before the present; as, I saw him last week.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
Lowest in rank or degree; as, the last prize.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. a.
Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as, he is the last person to be accused of theft.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. a.
At a time or on an occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have occurred; the last time; as, I saw him last in New York.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. a.
In conclusion; finally.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. a.
At a time next preceding the present time.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. i.
To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. i.
To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuel will last through the winter.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. i.
A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. t.
To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to last a boot.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. n.
A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers; of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels; of wool, twelve sacks; of flax or feathers, 1,700 lbs.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. n.
The burden of a ship; a cargo.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. adj.
1 after all others; coming at or belonging to the end. 2 most recent; next before a specified time (last christmas). 3 only remaining (last chance). 4 (prec. By the) least likely or suitable (the last person i''d want). 5 lowest in rank (last place). adv. 1 after all others (esp. In comb.: last-mentioned). 2 on the most recent occasion (when did you last see him?). 3 lastly. n. 1 person or thing that is last, last-mentioned, most recent, etc. 2 (prec. By the) last mention or sight etc. (shall never hear the last of it). 3 last performance of certain acts (breathed his last). 4 (prec. By the) the end; death (fighting to the last). at last (or long last) in the end; after much delay. [old english, = latest]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
17. v.
1 remain unexhausted or alive for a specified or considerable time (food to last a week). 2 continue for a specified time (match lasts an hour). last out be strong enough or sufficient for the whole of a given period. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
18. n.
Shoemaker''s model for shaping a shoe etc. stick to one''s last not meddle in what one does not understand. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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