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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: Belgian composer (1532-1594) [syn: Lasso, Orlando di Lasso, Roland de Lassus]
2: a long noosed rope used to catch animals [syn: lasso, lariat, riata, reata] v
1: catch with a lasso; "rope cows" [syn: lasso, rope]

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Date: 1807 to capture with or as if with a lasso ; rope • lassoer noun II. noun (plural lassos or lassoes) Etymology: Spanish lazo, from Latin laqueus snare Date: 1808 a rope or long thong of leather with a noose used especially for catching horses and cattle ; lariat

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. (pl. -os or -oes) a rope with a noose at one end, used esp. in N. America for catching cattle etc. --v.tr. (-oes, -oed) catch with a lasso. Derivatives: lassoer n. Etymology: Sp. lazo LACE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lasso Lass"o (l[a^]s"s[-o]) n.; pl. Lassos (-s[=o]z). [Sp. lazo, L. laqueus. See Lace.] A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc. Lasso cell (Zo["o]l.), one of a peculiar kind of defensive and offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in all c[oe]lenterates, and in a few animals of other groups. They are most highly developed in the tentacles of jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actini[ae]. Each of these cells is filled with, fluid, and contains a long, slender, often barbed, hollow thread coiled up within it. When the cell contracts the thread is quickly ejected, being at the same time turned inside out. The thread is able to penetrate the flesh of various small, soft-bodied animals, and carries a subtle poison by which they are speedily paralyzed and killed. The threads, at the same time, hold the prey in position, attached to the tentacles. Some of the jellyfishes, as the Portuguese man-of-war, and Cyanea, are able to penetrate the human skin, and inflict painful stings in the same way. Called also nettling cell, cnida, cnidocell.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lasso Las"so, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lassoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lassoing.] To catch with a lasso.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(lassoes, lassoing, lassoed) 1. A lasso is a long rope with a loop at one end, used especially by cowboys for catching cattle. N-COUNT 2. If you lasso an animal, you catch it by throwing a lasso round its neck and pulling it tight. Cowboys drove covered wagons and rode horses, lassoing cattle. VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Lariat.

Moby Thesaurus

O, annular muscle, annulus, areola, aureole, bag, bait, birdlime, bola, catch, chaplet, circle, circuit, circumference, circus, closed circle, cobweb, corona, coronet, crown, cycle, diadem, discus, disk, dragnet, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, eternal return, fairy ring, fishhook, fly, foul, garland, gill net, glory, ground bait, halo, harpoon, hook, jig, land, lariat, lime, logical circle, loop, looplet, lure, magic circle, mesh, meshes, nail, net, noose, orbit, plug, pound net, purse seine, radius, ring, rondelle, rope, round, roundel, sack, saucer, seine, snag, snare, sniggle, spear, sphincter, spinner, springe, squid, take, tangle, tangle up with, toils, trap, trawl, vicious circle, wheel, wobbler, wreath