Lose

verb loses · losing · lost · lose

1. transitive To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability. If you lose that ten-pound note, you'll be sorry.
2. transitive To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident. Johnny lost a tooth, but kept it for the tooth fairy.
3. transitive To shed (weight). I’ve lost five pounds this week.
4. transitive To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend). She lost all her sons in the war.
5. transitive To pay or owe (some wager) due from an unsuccessful bet or gamble. Frank had lost $500 staying in Vegas.
6. transitive To be deprived of (some right or privileged access to something). Users who engage in disruptive behavior may lose their accounts.
7. transitive To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from. I lost my way in the forest.
8. transitive To become a defeated competitor in (a game, competition, trial, etc). We lost the football match.
9. intransitive To be defeated (in a game, competition, contest, etc.) The team scored four goals but still managed to lose.
10. transitive To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer. The policeman lost the robber he was chasing.
11. transitive To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer. lose the cops
12. transitive To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion). I can see Mickie getting hot, I'm about to grab his arm, hold him back, say, Whoa, whoa, Mick, not here, it ain't worth it what happened inside just now. But I don't need to because Mickie loses his anger, starts smiling at ponytail, then melodramatically starts looking around at the men and women o
13. informal, transitive To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate. When we get into the building, please lose the hat.
14. transitive Of a clock, to run slower than expected. My watch loses five minutes a week.
15. ditransitive To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of. O false heart! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and lost me this glory.
16. transitive To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss. She moved out of hearing and I lost the end of the sentence.

Similar: leave behind, mislay, (fail to win: forfeit, (shed: drop, shed, forlese, lose

noun

1. alternative, uncountable Alternative form of loos (“praise; fame; reputation”).loos

proper noun Loses

1. A surname from German.