(v. t.) To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See Aghast.
Example Sentences:
(1) 69: 1709-1717, 1990) we reported that gastrocnemius (GAST) muscle enlargement failed to occur after 10 wk of 192 contractions performed every 3rd or 4th day.
(2) Hist and Gast caused an increase of PGE2 contents in gastric mucosa.
(3) As in the GAST, results showed that TA protein synthesis rates are increased by acute exercise and principally regulated by translational and possibly posttranslational mechanisms.
(4) Not everyone is convinced... Darius Tahir (@dariustahir) @KidWeil My gast is properly flabbered that Brad Evans is starting.
(5) This indicated that the regulation of protein expression may be different between the GAST and TA muscles.
(6) According to the clinical signs and the result of gastric acid secretion test, (GAST) parietal cell vagotomy (PCV) and selective vagotomy plus antrectomy (SV+A) were performed in 100 and 138 cases respectively.
(7) The gastric protective effects of Hist and Gast were inhibited by pretreatment with cimetidine, timoprazole and indomethacin.
(8) These results suggest that the gastric protective effect of Hist and Gast, induced by the increase of acidity in gastric juice, is due to the endogenous PGE2 synthesized by the stimulation of acid in the gastric mucosa.
(9) Biopsies were taken from the gastrocnemius (gast) and vastus lateralis (vl) muscles as representatives of muscles recruited during Tr and Cy exercise, respectively.
(10) • 5 rue Crespin du Gast, 75011, must phone to arrange visit on +33 1 43 55 52 72, no website Père Lachaise Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Piaf family plot at Père Lachaise cemetery.
(11) GAST obtained its peak EMG activity at 104 degrees at a point when it was still lengthening.
(12) Recently, de Gast and colleagues reviewed the role of environmental antigens in the pathogenesis of GVHD and suggested that immunological responses to environmental antigens by the transplanted donor cells might contribute to an increased donor anti-recipient response.
(13) After confirmation with complementary tests made with manually GAST, RPR with microscopic reading, haemagglutination, and lastly fluorescent method, it appears that the rate of positive reactions is 1,7%.
(14) The follow-up data showed that recurrence rate could be greatly reduced if the mode of vagotomy was selected according to results of GAST.
(15) Daly was the intermediary who pulled many of the interested parties together – and, as a prize, he got to commentate on the fight for Leon Gast’s celebrated film, When We Were Kings.
(16) In cells from gasted rats, where lactate production is greatly reduced and the rate of glucose synthesis is elevated, glucagon did not stimulate gluconeogenesis from dihydroxyacetone.
(17) The differential response in muscle mass between the GAST and TA muscles after training may be due, in part, to greater relative resistances imposed on the TA than on the GAST that result in a more-prolonged effect on protein synthesis rates, with lower numbers of stimulated contractions required to stimulate increases in protein synthesis.
(18) Maxi and Gast compressors increased the quantity of "respirable" (less than 5 micron diameter) carbenicillin aerosol, and reduced nebulisation times; with the weaker compressors, nebulisation times (up to 50 min) were unacceptably long.
(19) The amount of G4 was increased by more than 50% in the ankle extensors GAST and PL, which play a dynamic role, and reduced by about 40% in the ankle flexors TA and EDL, which exhibit a predominant tonic activity during running.
(20) The apparition of Groupamatic has incitated M. GARRETTA to adapt on this material the K. Antigen reagent manufactured by the Blood Transfusion Center in Lille and has led to the definition of GAST reagent (Groupamatic automated syphilis test).
Last
Definition:
(3d pers. sing. pres.) of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.
(a.) Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hindmost; farthest; as, the last year of a century; the last man in a line of soldiers; the last page in a book; his last chance.
(a.) Next before the present; as, I saw him last week.
(a.) Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
(a.) Lowest in rank or degree; as, the last prize.
(a.) Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as, he is the last person to be accused of theft.
(a.) At a time or on an occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have occurred; the last time; as, I saw him last in New York.
(a.) In conclusion; finally.
(a.) At a time next preceding the present time.
(v. i.) To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.
(v. i.) To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuel will last through the winter.
(v. i.) A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed.
(v. t.) To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to last a boot.
(n.) A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers; of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels; of wool, twelve sacks; of flax or feathers, 1,700 lbs.
(n.) The burden of a ship; a cargo.
Example Sentences:
(1) These data indicate a steady improvement in laboratory performance over the last 10 years.
(2) City badly missed Yaya Touré, on international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations, and have not won a league match since last April when he has been missing.
(3) Future Brown have connections in the fashion industry, last year soundtracking a surreal film for the brand Telfar.
(4) "This is the third event in the last few days following An-26 and SU-25 planes being brought down.
(5) Peripheral vascular surgery has become an increasingly common mode of treatment in non-university, community hospitals in Sweden during the last decade.
(6) Michael Schumacher’s manager hopes F1 champion ‘will be here again one day’ Read more Last year, Red Bull were frustrated by Mercedes, Ferrari and Honda as they desperately looked for a new engine supplier.
(7) In each study, all subjects underwent four replications (over two days) of one of the six permutations of the three experimental conditions; each condition lasted 5 min.
(8) Mike Ashley told Lee Charnley that maybe he could talk with me last week but I said: ‘Listen, we cannot say too much so I think it’s better if we wait.’ The message Mike Ashley is sending is quite positive, but it was better to talk after we play Tottenham.” Benítez will ask Ashley for written assurances over his transfer budget, control of transfers and other spheres of club autonomy, but can also reassure the owner that the prospect of managing in the second tier holds few fears for him.
(9) All the patients told about a comfortable feeling of warmth after each treatment lasting for one two days.
(10) It comes in defiant journalism, like the story televised last week of a gardener in Aleppo who was killed by bombs while tending his roses and his son, who helped him, orphaned.
(11) TR was classified as follows: severe (massive systolic opacification and persistence of the microbubbles in the IVC for at least 20 seconds); moderate (moderate systolic opacification lasting less than 20 seconds); mild (slight systolic opacification lasting less than 10 seconds); insignificant TR (sporadic appearance of the contrast medium into the IVC).
(12) I would immediately look askance at anyone who lacks the last and possesses the first.
(13) David Cameron last night hit out at his fellow world leaders after the G8 dropped the promise to meet the historic aid commitments made at Gleneagles in 2005 from this year's summit communique.
(14) A new propaganda video by Islamic State featuring the British photojournalist John Cantlie, in which he says it is the “last film in this series”, has appeared online.
(15) Maternal diabetes and antihistamine use during the last 2 weeks of pregnancy were associated with significantly higher rates of retrolental fibroplasia, whereas toxemia was associated with lower rates.
(16) A review is presented concerning the development of new neuroimaging techniques in the last decade which have improved the diagnostic exploration of patients with spinal cord injuries, including studies of possible sequelae.
(17) The discussion on topics like post-schooling and rehabilitation of motorists has intensified the contacts between advocates of traffic law and traffic psychologists in the last years.
(18) Though the 54-year-old designer made brief returns to the limelight after his fall from grace, designing a one-off collection for Oscar de la Renta last year , his appointment at Margiela marks a more permanent comeback.
(19) In a Bloomberg article last week, for example, one Stanford student compared women who get raped to unlocked bicycles : ‘Do I deserve to have my bike stolen if I leave it unlocked on the quad?’ [Chris] Herries, 22, said.
(20) Mary's grief, which lasts for about the first half of the two-hour premiere special, is the finest work of the series so far by Michelle Dockery.