LASSO

lasso, lariat, riata, reata

(noun) a long noosed rope used to catch animals

Lasso, Orlando di Lasso, Roland de Lassus

(noun) Belgian composer (1532-1594)

lasso, rope

(verb) catch with a lasso; “rope cows”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

lasso (plural lassos or lassoes)

A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.

(computing) An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.

Verb

lasso (third-person singular simple present lassoes, present participle lassoing, simple past and past participle lassoed)

(transitive) To catch with a lasso.

Anagrams

• soals

Source: Wiktionary

Lass"o (lâs"so) n.; pl. Lassos (-soz). Etym: [Sp. lazo, L. laqueus. See Lace.]

Definition: A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc. Lasso cell (Zoöl.), one of a peculiar kind of defensive and offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in all coelenterates, and in a few animals of other groups. They are most highly developed in the tentacles of jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actiniæ. 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.

Las"so, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lassoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lassoing.]

Definition: To catch with a lasso.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition