lose

(noun, verb)

noun

1. (obsolete) Fame, renown; praise.

verb

1. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

Definition categories: possession

2. fail to win

Definition categories: competition

3. suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

Definition categories: emotion, suffer

4. miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

Definition categories: possession

5. allow to go out of sight or mind

- lose the crowds by climbing a mountain

Definition categories: perception

6. fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

Definition categories: possession

7. fail to get or obtain

Definition categories: possession

8. fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

Similar word(s): miss

Definition categories: perception

9. withdraw, as from reality

Definition categories: change, seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw

10. be set at a disadvantage

- The painting loses something in this light

Similar word(s): suffer

Definition categories: change, decline, worsen

Sentences with lose as a verb:

- If you lose that ten-pound note, you'll be sorry.

- We managed to lose our pursuers in the forest.

- When we get into the building, please lose the hat.

- My watch loses five minutes a week.