lase
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English
Etymology
Back-formation from laser, as if removing -er. Compare mase.
Pronunciation
Verb
lase (third-person singular simple present lases, present participle lasing, simple past and past participle lased)
- (transitive) To use a laser beam on, as for cutting.
- The surgeon lased the elongated soft palate, cutting off the excess tissue and stopping the blood flow in one swipe.
- The physical chemist lased the atoms as they passed between the electrodes to study their motion.
- 2010 (publication date), Daniel Lametti, "The Proton Gets Small(er)", Discover, ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 67:
- When a laser zaps an electron orbiting a proton, the electron undergoes what is called the Lamb shift, absorbing energy and jumping to a higher energy level. But instead of lasing electrons, Knowles examined protons with particles called muons, which he calls "the electron's fat cousin."
- (transitive) To use a laser beam on, as for targeting or rangefinding.
- The commander lased the target across the valley.
- (intransitive) To operate as a laser; to release coherent light due to stimulation.
- Once enough of the gas particles are in a higher energy state, they will begin to lase and give off a coherent beam.
- 1988, Theodore H. Maiman, in an interview, to Richard Rhodes:
- Charles Townes' comments that it turned out to be easy to make the first laser and that anything will lase if you hit it hard enough are incredible statements to me. If it was so easy, why didn't Columbia, Bell Labs, or TRG pull it off? They each had a head start, plenty of money, and heavy staffing.
Anagrams
- ASLE, Ales, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, ales, leas, sale, seal, sela
Estonian
Alternative forms
Verb
lase
- second-person singular imperative of laskma
- Lase mul süüa.
- Let me eat.
Usage notes
lase governs the adessive (verb in the infinitive), las governs the nominative (verb in corresponding person, in the present).
Inari Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *lësē.
Pronunciation
Noun
lase
Inflection
| Even e-stem, s-s gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | lase | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | lase | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | lase | laseh | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | lase | loosijd | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | lase | losij loosij | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | lasan | loosijd | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | laaseest | loosijn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | loosijn | losijguin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Abessive | lasettáá | losijttáá | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | lasseen | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Partitive | lasseed | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
- lase in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje, Tromsø: UiT
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Latgalian
Etymology
Cognates include Latvian lāse and Lithuanian lašas.
Pronunciation
Noun
lase f (diminutive laseite)
- drop (of liquid)
Declension
Declension of lase (type 5 noun)
References
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Univerbation of la (“with”) + so (“this”)
Conjunction
lase (followed by a nasalizing relative clause)
- when, while
- c. 810, Biblical Glosses in the Book Armagh, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 494–98, Ardm. 184b2
- lase celebirsimme
- when we had said farewell
- c. 810, Biblical Glosses in the Book Armagh, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 494–98, Ardm. 184b2
- whereas
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d9
- hi sunt tra con·ricc frissa lind serb in chúrsachta lase fo·ruillecta beóil in chalich di mil cosse anall
- Herein, then, he comes into contact with the bitter drink of the reproval, whereas the lips of the chalice have hitherto been smeared with honey
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d9
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lasé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, §§ 480, 891, pages 303, 552–53
Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
lase