'Lose' definitions:
Definition of 'lose'
From: WordNet
verb
Fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat" [ant: hold on, keep]
verb
Fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war" [ant: win]
verb
Suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"
verb
Place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses" [syn: misplace, mislay, lose]
verb
verb
Allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"
verb
Fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year" [syn: lose, turn a loss] [ant: break even, profit, turn a profit]
verb
verb
Retreat [syn: fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede] [ant: advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win]
verb
Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said" [syn: miss, lose]
verb
Be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation" [syn: suffer, lose]
Definition of 'Lose'
From: GCIDE
- Lose \Lose\, v. i. To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest. [1913 Webster]
- We 'll . . . hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lose'
From: GCIDE
- Lose \Lose\ (l[=oo]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lost (l[o^]st; 115) p. pr. & vb. n. Losing (l[=oo]z"[i^]ng).] [OE. losien to loose, be lost, lose, AS. losian to become loose; akin to OE. leosen to lose, p. p. loren, lorn, AS. le['i]san, p. p. loren (in comp.), D. verliezen, G. verlieren, Dan. forlise, Sw. f["o]rlisa, f["o]rlora, Goth. fraliusan, also to E. loose, a & v., L. luere to loose, Gr. ly`ein, Skr. l[=u] to cut. [root]127. Cf. Analysis, Palsy, Solve, Forlorn, Leasing, Loose, Loss.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle. [1913 Webster]
- Fair Venus wept the sad disaster Of having lost her favorite dove. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health. [1913 Webster]
- If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? --Matt. v. 13. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction. [1913 Webster]
- The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way. [1913 Webster]
- He hath lost his fellows. --Shak [1913 Webster]
- 5. To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge. [1913 Webster]
- The woman that deliberates is lost. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd. [1913 Webster]
- Like following life thro' creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said. [1913 Webster]
- He shall in no wise lose his reward. --Matt. x. 42. [1913 Webster]
- I fought the battle bravely which I lost, And lost it but to Macedonians. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To cause to part with; to deprive of. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion? --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 9. To prevent from gaining or obtaining. [1913 Webster]
- O false heart! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and lost me this glory. --Baxter. [1913 Webster]
- To lose ground, to fall behind; to suffer gradual loss or disadvantage.
- To lose heart, to lose courage; to become timid. "The mutineers lost heart." --Macaulay.
- To lose one's head, to be thrown off one's balance; to lose the use of one's good sense or judgment, through fear, anger, or other emotion. [1913 Webster]
- In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars lost their heads. --Whitney.
- To lose one's self. (a) To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding objects; as, to lose one's self in a great city. (b) To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily suspended; as, we lose ourselves in sleep.
- To lose sight of. (a) To cease to see; as, to lose sight of the land. (b) To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as, he lost sight of the issue. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lose'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- be bereaved of,
- be found wanting,
- be unsuccessful,
- bereave,
- bite the dust,
- bow,
- bow to,
- capitulate,
- clear,
- come to grief,
- consume,
- decline,
- default,
- disinherit,
- displace,
- dispossess,
- dissipate,
- divest,
- draw a blank,
- drop,
- elude,
- escape,
- evade,
- exhaust,
- expend,
- fail,
- fail of success,
- fall,
- flunk,
- flunk out,
- forfeit,
- forget,
- fritter away,
- give the slip,
- give up,
- go astray from,
- go bankrupt,
- go down,
- go under,
- have enough,
- incur loss,
- kiss good-bye,
- labor in vain,
- let slip,
- lick the dust,
- lose out,
- lose sight of,
- lose the day,
- mislay,
- misplace,
- miss,
- not come off,
- not pass,
- not remember,
- not work,
- oust,
- part with,
- relinquish,
- rid,
- rob,
- sacrifice,
- say uncle,
- shake off,
- slip,
- spend,
- spill,
- squander,
- succumb,
- suffer loss,
- surrender,
- take the count,
- throw off,
- trifle away,
- tumble,
- unburden,
- undergo privation,
- use up,
- wander from,
- waste,
- yield
Words containing 'Lose'
- Losing,
- Losingly,
- lose it,
- losings,
- To lose caste,
- To lose ground,
- To lose heart,
- To lose sight of,
- To lose the bell,
- To lose the fang,
- lose ground,
- lose heart,
- lose sight of,
- lose track,
- lose weight,
- losing streak,
- To lose one's bearings,
- To lose one's head,
- To lose one's heart,
- To lose one's life,
- To lose one's mind,
- To lose one's self,
- lose one's temper