14. last a finalappearance or mention: That's the last we'll hear of it.
15. last the end or conclusion: going on vacation the last of September.
16. (v.i.)last to go on or continue in time: The festival lasted three weeks.
17. last to continue unexpended or unexhausted; be enough: Enjoy it while the money lasts.
18. last to continue in force, vigor, effectiveness, etc.
19. last to continue or remain in usable condition: The gloves didn't last.
20. (v.t.)last to continue to survive for the duration of (often fol. by out).
21. (n.)last a wooden or metalform in the shape of the human foot on which boots or shoes are shaped or repaired.
22. last the shape or form of a shoe.
23. (v.t.)last to shape on or fit to a last.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME lest(e),last(e), OE læmacr;ste last, lāst footprint, c. OHG leist last, ON leistr foot, sock)
Definition of 'Last'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close 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"
2. (noun)last the last or lowest in an ordering or series "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
3. (noun)last a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do "he breathed his last"
4. (noun)death, last the time at which life ends; continuing until dead "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"
5. (noun)last a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
7. (noun)end, last, final stage the concluding parts of an event or occurrence "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
8. (adj)last, shoemaker's last, cobbler's last holding device shaped like a humanfoot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
9. (adj)last(a) immediately past "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"
10. (adj)last coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel"
11. (adj)concluding, final, last, terminal occurring at or forming an end or termination "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave"
12. (adj)last most unlikely or unsuitable "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
13. (adj)last occurring at the time of death "his last words"; "the last rites"
14. (adj)final, last, net conclusive in a process or progression "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
15. (adj)last, utmost highest in extent or degree "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"
16. (adj)final, last not to be altered or undone "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say"
17. (verb)last, last-place, lowest lowest in rank or importance "last prize"; "in last place"
18. (verb)last, endure persist for a specified period of time "The bad weather lasted for three days"
19. (adverb)survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out continue to live through hardship or adversity "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
20. (adverb)last most_recently "I saw him last in London"
21. (adverb)last, lastly, in conclusion, finally the item at the end "last, I'll discuss family values"
8. last last but not least indicates the person or thing about to be mentioned is as important as everything else And last but not least, I'd like to thank my mother.
9. (noun)last the last sb or sth that is last Don't use up the last of the milk.; Dan was the last in line.
10. last at (long) last finally or in the end At last, they're here!
11. (verb)last to continue My headache didn't last very long.; The staff meeting lasted for hours.; It's sunny now, but I doubt it'll last.
12. last to be enough or continue to work These batteries don't last long.; The food we have should last us the whole week.
Definition of 'Last'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Last 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 lastyear of a century; the last man in a line of soldiers; the lastpage in a book; his lastchance
2. (adj)Last next before the present; as, I saw him lastweek
4. (adj)Last lowest in rank or degree; as, the lastprize
5. (adj)Last farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as, he is the lastperson to be accused of theft
6. (adj)Last 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
9. (noun)Last 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
11. Last of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth
12. (verb)Last to continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence
13. (verb)Last to endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuelwilllast through the winter
14. (verb)Last a wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed
15. (verb)Last to shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to last a boot