Definition for Lose (-s, lost)

lose (-s, lost), v. [OE losian, see loss, n.; NW says to part, to separate.]

  1. Let go away; no longer maintain; [fig.] recover from.
  2. Fail; give way; relinquish something valuable.
  3. Misplace; mislay; become unable to find one's own possession.
  4. Wander off from; go astray from.
  5. Abdicate; forfeit; give up; be deprived of.
  6. Sacrifice; miss; part with; be divested of.
  7. Be grieved by death of; become separated from in mortality; [fig.] say goodbye to.

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