Encyclo - De online Nederlandstalige encyclopedieën in één oogopslag
Encyclopedia Sources Categories About Encyclo      Enzyklopädie-DE Encyclopedie-NL
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Index
Agriculture and Industry
Animals and Nature
Architecture and Buildings
Arts
Business and Law
Earth and Environment
Economy and Finance
Education
Electronics and Engineering
Film and Animation
Food and Drink
General
General technical and industrial
Government and organisations
Health and Medicine
History and Culture
Hobbies and Crafts
Language and Literature
Legal
Management
Mathematics and statistics
Meteorology and astronomy
Military and Defence
Music and Sound
People and society
Sciences
Sport and Leisure
Technical and IT
Travel and Transportation

Look up: Lasso

  1. Lasso
    A lasso is a rope with a running noose used for catching cattle.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. lasso
    [n] - Belgian composer (1532-1594) 2. [n] - a long noosed rope used to catch animals 3. [v] - catch with a lasso
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Lasso
    Image editing tool used to select areas of an image for moving or cropping.
    Found on http://www.rodsmith.org.uk/photographic%

  4. Lasso
    Lass'o (lăs'so) noun ; plural Lassos (-sōz). [ Spanish lazo , Latin laqueus . See Lace .] A rope or long thong of leather with a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc. Lasso cell (Zoology) , one of a peculiar kind of defensive and offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in all cœlenterates, and in a fe ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/16

  5. Lasso
    Las'so transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lassoed ; present participle & verbal noun Lassoing .] To catch with a lasso.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/16

  6. lasso
    Origin: Sp. Lazo, L. Laqueus. See Lace. ... A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc. ... <zoology> Lasso cell, 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 ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. lasso
    lariat noun a long noosed rope used to catch animals
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Lasso
    Orlando di Lasso noun Belgian composer (1532-1594)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. lasso
    verb catch with a lasso; `rope cows`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. Lasso
    A `lasso` is a loop of rope that is designed to be thrown around a target and tighten when pulled. It is a well-known tool of the American cowboy. The word is also a verb; `to lasso` is to successfully throw the loop of rope around something. When referring to the entire length of rope used, before or after a loop is formed, the rope itself is more properly called a `lariat`. Many cowboys simply call it a `Rope.` A lariat is made from stiff rope...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasso

  11. Lasso
    • (n.) A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc. • (v. t.) To catch with a lasso.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. Lasso
    Image editing tool used to select areas of an image for moving or cropping
    Found on http://www.digitalexposure.ca/sub1.html

  13. lasso
    lasso (lăs'ō, lăsOO') , light, strong rope, usually with a smooth, hard finish, made of a fine quality of hemp or nylon. It is used primarily for catching large animals such as cattle and horses. Horsehair or rawhide lassos were formerly common in America, but they have alm...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08289


We are now searching for
• words containing `Lasso`;
• Alternative spelling;
• Wider definitions.

One moment please...

22 November 2009

This day in history:
On Friday, November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas. At his death, the 35th president was 46 years old and had served less than three years in office. Despite this intimate experience of events surrounding the death of John F. Kennedy, the nation failed to achieve closure. Oswald never confessed, and the facts of the case remain mysterious. The Warren Commission's conclusion Oswald acted alone failed to satisfy the public. In 1976, the House of Representatives' Select Committee on Assassinations reopened investigation of the murder. The Committee reported that Lee Harvey Oswald probably was part of a conspiracy that may have involved organized crime. read more

Encyclo in your browser

Encyclo in the search bar of your browser? Click for more info! Would you like to use Encyco more often? Add an (extra) search option to the search field of your browser. Installed in 3 seconds, easy to remove.
More info

What is Encyclo?

Encyclo is a search engine for terms and definitions. Hundreds of websites contain wordlists, each with their own speciality. Encyclo brings those lists together and makes searching for definitions a lot easier.

Statistics

Encyclo has been online since october 15th 2007. It currently contains 3,264,100 words from 1007 sources. The words are listed in 32 categories.

Search

Type a word and press the `Search` button.

Recent searches

The most recent searches on Encyclo. Between brackets you will find the number of results and number of related results.
Xin (5/25)
Kalevipoeg (2/0)
Microvenator (2/0)
Bethel (10/25)
emanation (11/5)
Ame (8/25)
Bo (17/25)
xeromorph (2/3)
ergasiophobia (3/0)
club (14/25)
permissible (8/11)
Christiana (3/12)
Inelastic (10/19)
Cicuration (2/0)
tuileries (5/4)
fucosterol (2/2)
scoreless (2/1)
diversity (19/25)
Hod (14/25)
Milliary (3/0)
Akeem (2/2)
aeneas (11/10)
fa (15/25)
invictus (4/1)

© Encyclo MMIX
Contact Privacy