lose
- Verb. (transitive) To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.
- Verb. (transitive) To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.
- Verb. (transitive) To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc).
- Verb. (transitive) To shed (weight); to reduce.
- Verb. (transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).
- Verb. (transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
- Verb. (transitive, informal) To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
- Verb. (intransitive) To fail to be the winner.
- Verb. Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
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