Meaning

5 senses
  1. A tool in the form of a foot on which an item of footwear (such as a boot or shoe) is placed for shaping while it is being manufactured or repaired.

    Leisten

    коло́дкаkolódka

    копилkopyl

  2. A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.

  3. (obsolete)A burden; load; a cargo; freight.

  4. (obsolete)A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned.

  5. (obsolete)An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.

    1942 (1601), T D Mutch, The First Discovery of Australia, page 14, The tonnage of the Duyfken of Harmensz's fleet is given as 25 and 30 lasten.

    a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

Examples

14868 sentences
  1. Did you go out last night?

    Ти виходив вчора ввечері? — deniko

    ruТы выходил вчера вечером? — sigavax

    deSeid ihr letzte Nacht ausgegangen? — MUIRIEL

  2. Where did you go last Sunday?

    Куди ти ходив минулої неділі? — ascolto

    ruКуда ты ходил в прошлое воскресенье? — paul_lingvo

    deWo bist du letzten Sonntag hingegangen? — xtofu80

  3. I had a stroke last year.

    У мене був інсульт минулого року. — deniko

    ruУ меня был инсульт в прошлом году. — odexed

    deLetztes Jahr hatte ich einen Schlaganfall. — xtofu80

  4. Mary stayed up late last night.

    Вчора Мері не лягала спати допізна. — ChickenKiev

    ruМэри поздно легла спать вчера. — Gruzilkin

    deMary ist gestern Abend lange aufgeblieben. — Esperantostern

  5. Tom didn't have dinner last night.

    Вчора вечером Том не повечеряв. — Internecivus

    ruТом вчера вечером не ужинал. — marafon

    deTom hat gestern nicht zu Abend gegessen. — Dejo

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
tool in the form of a foot:
Русский
By meaning 1
tool in the form of a foot:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tool in the form of a foot:

Origin

The noun is derived from Middle English lest, leste (“shoemaker’s model shaped like a foot

The noun is derived from Middle English lest, leste (“shoemaker’s model shaped like a foot, last”), from Old English lǣste (“shoemaker‘s last”), from Proto-Germanic *laistiz, from *laisǭ (“track, trail”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys-eh₂-, from *leys- (“to trace; to track”). Doublet of learn and lore.

From Middle English last, from Old English hlæst (“burden, load, freight”), from Proto-Germanic *hlastuz (“burden, load, freight”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”). Cognate with West Frisian lêst, Dutch last, German Last, Swedish last, Icelandic lest.

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Forms

plural: lasts / lasten
Singularlast
Plurallasts / lasten

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • last night
  • the last time
  • was the last
  • last week
  • last time
  • last year
  • the last one
  • last month
  • last weekend
  • last summer
  • last one to
  • last monday

See also

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