Definition of "Last" :

noun: a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do

"He breathed his last."

noun: holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes

noun: the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence

"I had to miss the last of the movie."

noun: a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels

noun: a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds

noun: the last or lowest in an ordering or series

"He was the last to leave."

noun: the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

"A struggle to the last."

noun: the temporal end; the concluding time

verb: continue to live and avoid dying

"How long can a person last without food and water?."

verb: persist for a specified period of time

"The bad weather lasted for three days."

adjective: occurring at the time of death

"His last words."

adjective: lowest in rank or importance

"Last prize."

adjective: not to be altered or undone

"The arbiter will have the last say."

adjective: occurring at or forming an end or termination

"The last days of the dinosaurs."

adjective: coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining

"The last time I saw Paris."

adjective: highest in extent or degree

"To the last measure of human endurance."

adjective: most unlikely or unsuitable

"The last person we would have suspected."

adjective: conclusive in a process or progression

"A last resort."

adjective: immediately past

"Last Thursday."

adverb: most recently

"I saw him last in London."

adverb: the item at the end

"Last, I'll discuss family values."