LOSE

Definition of LOSE

  1. (verb)fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
  2. (verb)fail to win
  3. (verb)suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
  4. (verb)miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
  5. (verb)allow to go out of sight or mind
  6. (verb)fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
  7. (verb)fail to get or obtain
  8. (verb)fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
  9. (verb)withdraw, as from reality
  10. (verb)be set at a disadvantage