Definitions of lose
v. t. - 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.
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v. t. - 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.
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v. t. - Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction.
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v. t. - To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way.
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v. t. - To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.
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v. t. - To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.
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v. t. - 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.
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v. t. - To cause to part with; to deprive of.
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v. t. - To prevent from gaining or obtaining.
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v. i. - To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.
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The word "lose" uses 4 letters: E L O S.
Direct anagrams of lose:
oles sloe sole
Words formed by adding one letter before or after lose (in bold), or to elos in any order:
a - aloes b - boles lobes c - close coles socle d - doles lodes soled f - floes g - loges ogles h - helos holes hosel sheol i - solei j - joles k - koels l - losel m - moles n - enols lenos noels o - loose oleos p - lopes poles slope r - lores loser orles roles sorel s - loess loses sloes soles t - stole telos toles u - louse ousel v - loves solve voles w - lowes lowse x - loxes
Shorter words found within lose:
el els es lo oe oes ole os ose sel so sol
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