Lose is related to forlorn

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2013-04-23 17.21.25

lose
luːz/
verb
verb: lose; 3rd person present: loses; past tense: lost; past participle: lost; gerund or present participle: losing
  1. 1.
    be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).
    “I’ve lost my appetite”
    synonyms: be deprived of, suffer the loss of, no longer have, stop having

    “he’s lost a lot of blood but his life is not in danger”
    antonyms: regain
    • cause (someone) to fail to gain or retain (something).
      “you lost me my appointment at London University”
      synonyms: be unable to take advantage of, fail to benefit from; More
    • be deprived of (a relative or friend) through their death.
      “she lost her husband in the fire”
    • (of a pregnant woman) miscarry (a baby) or suffer the death of (a baby) during childbirth.
      “am I going to lose the baby?”
    • be destroyed or killed, especially as a result of an accident or military action.
      “a fishing disaster in which 129 men were lost”
    • decrease in (body weight); undergo a reduction of (a specified amount of weight).
      “she couldn’t eat and began to lose weight”
    • (of a watch or clock) become slow by (a specified amount of time).
      “this clock will neither gain nor lose a second”
    • informal
      become unable to control one’s temper or emotions.
      “I completely lost it—I was screaming at them”
  2. 2.
    become unable to find (something or someone).
    “I’ve lost the car keys”
    synonyms: mislay, misplace, be unable to find; More
    antonyms: find
    • cease or become unable to follow (the right route).
      “the clouds came down and we lost the path”
      synonyms: stray from, wander from, depart from, go astray from, fail to keep to, fail to keep in sight; More
    • evade or shake off (a pursuer).
      “he came after me waving his revolver, but I easily lost him”
      synonyms: escape from, evade, elude, dodge, avoid, give someone the slip,shake off, throw off, throw off the scent, duck, get rid of; More
    • NORTH AMERICANinformal
      get rid of (an undesirable person or thing).
      “lose that creep!”
    • informal
      cause (someone) to be unable to follow an argument or explanation.
      “sorry, Tim, you’ve lost me there”
    • be or become deeply absorbed in (something).
      “he had been lost in thought”
  3. 3.
    fail to win (a game or contest).
    “England lost the first Test match”
    synonyms: be defeated, be beaten, suffer defeat, be the loser, be conquered, be vanquished, be trounced, be worsted, be bested by, get/have the worst, come off second-best, lose out, fail, come to grief, meet one’s Waterloo; More
    • cause (someone) to fail to win (a game or contest).
      “that shot lost him the championship”
      synonyms: be defeated by, be beaten by, be conquered by, be vanquished by,be trounced by, be worsted by, be bested by, be beaten into second place by

      “Celtic have lost out to rivals Rangers”
  4. 4.
    earn less (money) than one is spending or has spent.
    “the paper is losing £1.5 million a month”
  5. 5.
    waste or fail to take advantage of (time or an opportunity).
    “he has lost his chance of becoming world No. 1”
    synonyms: neglect, waste, squander, fail to grasp, fail to take, fail to take advantage of, let pass, miss, forfeit, give up, ignore, disregard; More
Origin
Old English losian ‘perish, destroy’, also ‘become unable to find’, from los ‘loss’.
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