lose¹ /looz/

1. To fail to keep or obtain
2. To be deprived or bereaved of
3. To cease to have
4. To cease to hear, see or understand
5. To confuse or bewilder
6. To mislay
7. To waste (eg time)
8. To miss
9. To be defeated in
10. To cause the loss or ruin of
11. To cause to perish
12. To bring to ruin
13. To get away from

1. To fail, to be unsuccessful
2. To suffer waste or loss
3. (of a clock or watch) to go slow

losˈable adjective

losˈer noun

1. Someone who or something that loses
2. Someone who is habitually unsuccessful or generally inept (derog inf)

losˈing noun and adjective

losˈingly adverb

lost /lost/ adjective

1. Parted with
2. No longer possessed
3. Missing
4. Not able to be found
5. Thrown away
6. Squandered, wasted
7. Ruined
8. Lacking in morals
9. Damned
10. Confused, unable to find the way (lit and figurative)

losing game noun

1. A game that is going against one
2. A game played with the aim of losing

lostˈ-and-foundˈ adjective

Relating to an office, official, etc whose function is to trace or take care of lost property, luggage, etc

lost cause noun

A hopeless ideal or endeavour

lost generation noun

1. Orig the young men who died in World War I
2. Later, a group of US writers whose work explored the disillusionment felt after World War I
3. Any generation which is perceived to have lost or rejected traditional value systems

lost soul noun

A damned soul, an irredeemably evil person

lost tribes plural noun

The tribes of Israel that never returned after deportation by Sargon of Assyria in 721BC

get lost! (informal)

1. Go away and stay away!
2. Stop annoying or interfering!

lose face see under face

lose it (informal)

1. To lose one's temper
2. To suffer a mental breakdown
3. To suffer a sudden failing of one's powers

lose oneself

1. To lose one's way
2. To become rapt or bewildered
3. To become totally engrossed

• cut along
• cut a long story short
• cut and carve
• cut and come again
• cut and cover
• cut and dried
• cut and dry
• cut and paste
• cut and run
• cut and thrust
• cut-and-thrust
• cutaneous
• cut a swathe through
• cut a swath through
• cutaway
• cutaways
• cut back
• cutback
• cutbacks
• cut boon whids
• cut both ways
• cut capers
• cutch
• cutcha
• cutcherry