lost
Noun · AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- people who are destined to die soon“the agony of the doomed was in his voice”Synonyms: doomed
Adjective (9)
- no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered“a lost child”“lost friends”“his lost book”“lost opportunities”
- having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity“I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway”“the anesthetic left her completely disoriented”Synonyms: confuseddisoriented
- spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed“lost souls”“a lost generation”“a lost ship”“the lost platoon”
- not gained or won“a lost battle”“a lost prize”
- incapable of being recovered or regained“his lost honor”
- not caught with the senses or the mind“words lost in the din”Synonyms: missed
- deeply absorbed in thought“as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class”“lost in thought”“a preoccupied frown”Synonyms: bemuseddeep in thought(p)lost(p)preoccupied
- perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment“obviously bemused by his questions”“bewildered and confused”“a cloudy and confounded philosopher”“just a mixed-up kid”“she felt lost on the first day of school”Synonyms: baffledbefuddledbemusedbewilderedconfoundedconfusedmazedmixed-upat sea
- unable to function; without helpSynonyms: helpless
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle. [1913 Webster]
Fair Venus wept the sad disaster Of having lost her favorite dove.— Prior.[1913 Webster]
2.To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health. [1913 Webster]
If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted?— Matt. v. 13.[1913 Webster]
3.Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction. [1913 Webster]
The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
4.To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way. [1913 Webster]
He hath lost his fellows.— Shak[1913 Webster]
5.To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge. [1913 Webster]
The woman that deliberates is lost.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
6.To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd. [1913 Webster]
Like following life thro' creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
7.To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said. [1913 Webster]
He shall in no wise lose his reward.— Matt. x. 42.[1913 Webster]
I fought the battle bravely which I lost, And lost it but to Macedonians.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
8.To cause to part with; to deprive of. [R.] [1913 Webster]
How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion?— Sir W. Temple.[1913 Webster]
9.To prevent from gaining or obtaining. [1913 Webster]
O false heart! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and lost me this glory.— Baxter.[1913 Webster]
To lose ground, to fall behind; to suffer gradual loss or disadvantage.
To lose heart, to lose courage; to become timid. "The mutineers lost heart." --Macaulay.
To lose one's head, to be thrown off one's balance; to lose the use of one's good sense or judgment, through fear, anger, or other emotion. [1913 Webster]
In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars lost their heads.— Whitney.
To lose one's self. (a) To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding objects; as, to lose one's self in a great city. (b) To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily suspended; as, we lose ourselves in sleep.
To lose sight of. (a) To cease to see; as, to lose sight of the land. (b) To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as, he lost sight of the issue. [1913 Webster]
1.Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep. [1913 Webster]
2.Parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb; lost honor. [1913 Webster]
3.Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit. [1913 Webster]
5.Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed; as, a child lost in the woods; a stranger lost in London. [1913 Webster]
6.Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul. [1913 Webster]
7.Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor. [1913 Webster]
8.Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible; as, an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd. [1913 Webster]
9.Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as to be insensible of external things; as, to be lost in thought. [1913 Webster]
Lost motion (Mach.), the difference between the motion of a driver and that of a follower, due to the yielding of parts or looseness of joints. [1913 Webster]