lost

  • 31Lost — Lose Lose (l[=oo]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lost} (l[o^]st; 115) p. pr. & vb. n. {Losing} (l[=oo]z [i^]ng).] [OE. losien to loose, be lost, lose, AS. losian to become loose; akin to OE. leosen to lose, p. p. loren, lorn, AS. le[ o]san, p. p. loren… …

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  • 32lost*/ — [lɒst] adj I 1) if you are lost, you do not know where you are They decided to drive to York and ended up getting lost.[/ex] 2) if something is lost, you cannot find it The keys are lost somewhere in the house.[/ex] 3) if something is lost, you… …

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  • 33lost — /lɒst / (say lost) verb 1. past tense and past participle of lose. –adjective 2. no longer possessed or retained: lost friends. 3. no longer to be found: lost articles. 4. having gone astray or lost the way; bewildered as to place, direction, etc …

  • 34lost — [[t]lɔst, lɒst[/t]] adj. 1) no longer possessed: lost friends[/ex] 2) no longer to be found: lost articles[/ex] 3) having gone astray: lost children[/ex] 4) not used to good purpose: a lost advantage[/ex] 5) not won: a lost prize[/ex] 6) attended …

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  • 35lost — adjective 1) her lost keys Syn: missing, mislaid, misplaced, vanished, disappeared, gone missing, gone astray, forgotten, nowhere to be found; absent, not present, strayed; irretrievable, unrecoverable 2) I think we re lost …

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  • 36lost — adj. 1) irretrievably; totally lost 2) to get lost (the small child got lost) 3) (misc.) (slang) get lost! ( go away! ) * * * [lɒst] totally lost irretrievably (misc.) (slang) get lost! ( go away! ) to get lost (the small child got lost) …

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  • 37lost — adjective Etymology: past participle of lose Date: 15th century 1. not made use of, won, or claimed 2. a. no longer possessed b. no longer known 3. ruined or destroyed physically or morally ; desperate 4. a. taken away or beyond reach or… …

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  • 38lost — adj. 1 unable to find the way VERBS ▪ be ▪ get ▪ We got lost in the woods. ADVERB ▪ completely, hopelessly …

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  • 39lost — adjective 1) her lost keys Syn: missing, mislaid, misplaced, stolen 2) I think we re lost Syn: off course, going round in circles, adrift, at sea 3) a lost opportunity …

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  • 40lost — see better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all he who hesitates is lost what a neighbour gets is not lost for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost …

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