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Alose

Any of certain shad
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Lose

Be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something)
Linda was very upset about losing her job
I've lost my appetite
The company may find itself losing customers to cheaper rivals
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Alose

(Alosa alosa); the allice or allis.
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Lose

Become unable to find (something or someone)
I've lost the car keys
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Alose

(Alosa sapidissima).
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Lose

Fail to win (a game or contest)
They lost by one vote
England lost the first Test match
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Alose

To praise.
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Lose

Earn less (money) than one is spending or has spent
The paper is losing £1.5 million a month
He lost heavily on box office flops
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Alose

The European shad (Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa); - called also allice shad or allis shad. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad (Alosa sapidissima formerly Clupea sapidissima). See Shad.
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Lose

Waste or fail to take advantage of (time or an opportunity)
The government lost no time in holding fresh elections
He has lost his chance of becoming world No. 1
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Lose

To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay
He's always losing his car keys.
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Lose

To be deprived of (something one has had)
Lost her art collection in the fire.
Lost her job.
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Lose

To be left alone or desolate because of the death of
Lost his wife.
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Lose

To be unable to keep alive
A doctor who has lost very few patients.
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Lose

To be unable to keep control or allegiance of
Lost his temper at the meeting.
Is losing supporters by changing his mind.
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Lose

To fail to win; fail in
Lost the game.
Lost the court case.
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Lose

To fail to use or take advantage of
Don't lose a chance to improve your position.
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Lose

To fail to hear, see, or understand
We lost the plane in the fog. I lost her when she started speaking about thermodynamics.
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Lose

To let (oneself) become unable to find the way.
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Lose

To remove (oneself), as from everyday reality into a fantasy world.
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Lose

To rid oneself of
Lost five pounds.
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Lose

To consume aimlessly; waste
Lost a week in idle occupations.
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Lose

To wander from or become ignorant of
Lose one's way.
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Lose

To elude or outdistance
Lost their pursuers.
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Lose

To be outdistanced by
Chased the thieves but lost them.
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Lose

To become slow by (a specified amount of time). Used of a timepiece.
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Lose

To cause or result in the loss of
Failure to reply to the advertisement lost her the job.
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Lose

To cause to be destroyed. Usually used in the passive
Both planes were lost in the crash.
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Lose

To cause to be damned.
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Lose

To suffer loss
Investors who lost heavily on the firm's stock.
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Lose

To be defeated
Our team lost in overtime.
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Lose

To operate or run slow. Used of a timepiece.
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Lose

(transitive) To cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons.
If you lose that ten-pound note, you'll be sorry.
He lost his hearing in the explosion.
She lost her position when the company was taken over.
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Lose

(transitive) To have (an organ) removed from one's body, especially by accident.
Johnny lost a tooth, but kept it for the tooth fairy.
He lost his spleen in a car wreck.
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Lose

(transitive) To shed (weight).
I’ve lost five pounds this week.
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Lose

(transitive) To experience the death of (someone to whom one has an attachment, such as a relative or friend).
She lost all her sons in the war.
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Lose

(transitive) To give or owe (money) after losing a bet.
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Lose

To be deprived of access to something.
Users who engage in disruptive behavior may lose their accounts.
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Lose

To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.
I lost my way in the forest.
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Lose

(transitive) To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc).
We lost the football match.
You just lost The Game.
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Lose

(transitive) To be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer.
The policeman lost the robber he was chasing.
Mission control lost the satellite as its signal died down.
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Lose

(transitive) To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.
We managed to lose our pursuers in the forest.
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Lose

(transitive) To cease exhibiting; to overcome (a behavior or emotion).
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Lose

To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
When we get into the building, please lose the hat.
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Lose

Of a clock, to run slower than expected.
My watch loses five minutes a week.
It's already 5:30? My watch must have lost a few minutes.
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Lose

(ditransitive) To cause (someone) the loss of something; to deprive of.
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Lose

To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.
I lost a part of what he said.
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Lose

(obsolete) Fame, renown; praise.
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Lose

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.
Fair Venus wept the sad disasterOf having lost her favorite dove.
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Lose

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.
If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted?
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Lose

Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction.
The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose.
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Lose

To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way.
He hath lost his fellows.
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Lose

To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
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Lose

To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.
Like following life thro' creatures you dissect,You lose it in the moment you detect.
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Lose

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.
He shall in no wise lose his reward.
I fought the battle bravely which I lost,And lost it but to Macedonians.
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Lose

To cause to part with; to deprive of.
How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion?
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Lose

To prevent from gaining or obtaining.
O false heart! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and lost me this glory.
In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars lost their heads.
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Lose

To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.
We 'll . . . hear poor roguesTalk of court news; and we'll talk with them too,Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out.
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Lose

Fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense;
She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat
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Lose

Fail to win;
We lost the battle but we won the war
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Lose

Suffer the loss of a person through death or removal;
She lost her husband in the war
The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her
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Lose

Place (something) where one cannot find it again;
I misplaced my eyeglasses
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Lose

Miss from one's possessions; lose sight of;
I've lost my glasses again!
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Lose

Allow to go out of sight;
The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light
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Lose

Fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit;
I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!
The company turned a loss after the first year
The company has not profited from the merger
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Lose

Fail to get or obtain;
I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad
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Lose

Retreat
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Lose

Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind;
I missed that remark
She missed his point
We lost part of what he said
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Lose

Be set at a disadvantage;
This author really suffers in translation
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