lasts
Stays the course
Lasts is the plural of last, a foot-shaped form used in shoemaking.
The shoemaker builds the shoe around this wooden or plastic mold: He has lasts for every size.
Separately, lasts is the third-person singular of the verb last, meaning to continue or endure: The battery lasts about eight hours.
Continues despite hardship
- persistsCarries on stubbornly
- continuesProceeds without stopping
- remainsContinues in place
- survivesRemains alive despite hardship
holds · stays · withstands · endurance · persistence · longevity · permanence · resilience
endures
Continues despite hardship
survives · holds · stays · withstands · endurance · persistence · longevity · permanence · resilience · stability
cobbler
Shoe repair artisan
heel · insole · bootmaking · cobbling · leatherwork · upper · form · mold · stretcher · sizing
- keeps goingpersists, continues, endures, perseveres, carries on
- life storyautobiography, memoir, early years, childhood, memories
- Year in ReviewNew Year, resolutions, milestones, highlights, recap
- shoemakingcobbler, cordwainer, cobbling, awl, sole
- boot and shoemakingcobbling, cobbler, leather, tanning, soles
- boot and shoemaking historycobbler, cobblers, shoemaker, shoemakers, cordwainer
- last yearThe prior annual cycle
- last nightThe preceding evening
- last weekPrevious seven-day period
- last nameHereditary family identifier
- last minuteJust before deadline
- last chanceUltimate remaining opportunity
last, lasting, everlasting, lastly, lasted, outlast, outlasted, lastingly, outlasts