to have (something) no longer because of accident, theft, carelessness etc
be deprived of; mislay
Cases of word usage
1) to lose blood (bleed)
2) (of talk, behaviour, work etc) causing a person to lose interest and feel tired (boring)
3) to cause (feelings, sound etc) to lose strength, brightness (deaden)
4) the sort of food usually eaten (by a person, community etc); the sort of food (to be) eaten by a person in order to lose (or gain) weight (diet)
5) cause (a person) to lose courage or confidence (dishearten)
6) to cause (a person) to lose physical or moral strength (enervate)
7) (to cause something) to lose colour, freshness or strength (fade)
8) to cause (a person) to lose self-control as the result of taking alcoholic drink; to excite (a person) greatly (intoxicate)
9) of lose (lost)
10) (of birds) to lose (feathers) before a new growth; (of gods and cats) to lose (hair) in the same way (molt)