Last (Noun)
Meaning 1
A person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Meaning 2
The temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 3
The final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
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Meaning 4
The time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 5
A unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
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Meaning 6
The last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last".
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Meaning 7
A unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The farmer's harvest yielded a last of wheat that would be sold at the market.
- A last of oats was loaded onto the truck for transportation to the mill.
- The silo was filled to capacity with a last of barley, ready for storage.
- The grain merchant purchased a last of rye from the local farmer's cooperative.
- The cargo ship was carrying a last of corn bound for the port city.
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Meaning 8
Holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.