lose

[[t]luz[/t]]

v. lost, los•ing

1) to come to be without, as through accident:

They lost all their belongings in the storm[/ex]

2) to fail inadvertently to retain, usu. temporarily:

I just lost a dime under this sofa[/ex]

3) to suffer the deprivation of:

to lose one's job[/ex]

4) to be bereaved of by death:

to lose a sister[/ex]

5) to fail to preserve or maintain:

to lose one's balance[/ex]

6) cvb (of a timepiece) to run slower by:

The watch loses three minutes a day[/ex]

7) to forfeit the possession of:

to lose a fortune by gambling[/ex]

8) to get rid of:

to lose weight[/ex]

9) to bring to destruction:

Ship and crew were lost[/ex]

10) to damn:

to lose one's soul[/ex]

11) to have slip from sight or awareness:

We lost him in the crowd[/ex]

12) to stray from:

to lose one's way[/ex]

13) to leave far behind:

She managed to lose the other runners[/ex]

14) to use to no purpose; waste:

to lose time in waiting[/ex]

15) to fail to gain or win:

to lose a bargain; to lose a bet[/ex]

16) to be defeated in:

They lost four games in five[/ex]

17) to cause the loss of:

The delay lost the battle for them[/ex]

18) to let go astray:

We lost ourselves in the woods[/ex]

19) to allow (oneself) to become engrossed in something:

I had lost myself in thought[/ex]

20) (of a physician) to fail to preserve the life of (a patient)

21) (of a woman) to fail to be delivered of (a live baby)

22) to suffer loss:

to lose on a contract[/ex]

23) to suffer defeat

24) to depreciate in effectiveness:

a classic that loses in translation[/ex]

25) (of a timepiece) to run slow

26) phv lose out, to suffer defeat or loss

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- lose it

Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE losian to perish, c. OS lōsian to become free, ON losa to loosen. Cf. loss