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- 1. a girl or young woman: Scottish, Northern English "he married a lass from Yorkshire"
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LASS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of lass in English. lass. noun [ C ] mainly Scottish English or Northern English uk / læs / us / læs / (also lassie) Add to word list. a girl or young woman. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Children & babies. ankle-biter. arrival. babe in arms. baby. comfort blanket. crawler.
1. : a young woman : girl. a Scottish lass. 2. : sweetheart. the young hero of the story … and his lass Mary Ross. Synonyms. filly. girl. lassie. missy. nymph. sheila [Australian & New Zealand] See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of lass in a Sentence. she's only a gawky lass now, but she'll be a beautiful woman some day.
Definition of 'lass' lass. (læs ) Word forms: lasses. countable noun. A lass is a young woman or girl. [mainly Scottish, or Northern England] Anne is a Lancashire lass from Longton, near Preston. 'What is it, lass?' Finlay cried. Synonyms: girl, young woman, miss [old-fashioned, or derogatory], maiden More Synonyms of lass.
LASS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of lass in English. lass. noun [ C ] mainly Scottish English or Northern English us / læs / uk / læs / (also lassie) Add to word list. a girl or young woman. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Children & babies. ankle-biter. arrival. babe in arms. baby. comfort blanket.
Definition of lass noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Origin of Lass. From Middle English lasse, from Old Norse * lasqa (“an unmarried woman" ). Cognate with Scots lassie. From Wiktionary. Middle English las probably of Scandinavian origin. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
A lass is a girl. Your Scottish folk dance teacher might announce, "Lads line up on that side, lasses on this side!" Lass is an old-fashioned way to say "young girl," and it's more common in parts of Britain than in the US.
A complete guide to the word "LASS": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
A lass is a young woman or girl. [old-fashioned] Anne is a Lancashire lass from Longton, near Preston. Synonyms: girl, young woman, miss [old-fashioned, or derogatory], maiden More Synonyms of lass. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
lass. 1 ENTRIES FOUND: lass (noun) lass / ˈ læs/ noun. plural lasses. Britannica Dictionary definition of LASS. [count] chiefly British, informal. : a girl or young woman. a pretty Scottish lass.
