last vs hold water

hold water vs last

last is a noun but hold water is not a noun.

last is an adjective but hold water is not an adjective.

last and hold water both are verbs.

last is an adverb but hold water is not an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
last	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
hold water	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, hold water is a hyponym of last; that is, hold water is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than last:

last: continue to live and avoid dying
hold water: resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.

Other hyponyms of last include hold up, stand up, perennate, live out.

last (noun)	hold water (noun)
a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
the last or lowest in an ordering or series
the temporal end; the concluding time
the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

last (adjective)	hold water (adjective)
coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining
occurring at or forming an end or termination
occurring at the time of death
highest in extent or degree
immediately past
conclusive in a process or progression
not to be altered or undone
most unlikely or unsuitable
lowest in rank or importance

last (verb)	hold water (verb)
persist for a specified period of time	resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
continue to live and avoid dying

last (adverb)	hold water (adverb)
most recently
the item at the end

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