lose /luz/
1. 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"
synset: lose
2. fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war"
synset: lose
3. 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"
synset: lose
4. miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!"
synset: lose
5. allow to go out of sight or mind; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"; "lose the crowds by climbing a mountain"; "the lost tribe"
synset: lose
6. 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"
synset: lose, turn_a_loss
antonym: profit, turn_a_profit
7. fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"
synset: lose
8. 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"
9. withdraw, as from reality; "he lost himslef in his music"
synset: lose
10. be set at a disadvantage; "This author really suffers in translation"; "The painting loses something in this light"
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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