Alose vs. Lose

Alosenoun

A fish, the European shad (Alosa alosa); the allice or allis.

Loseverb

(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.’;

Alosenoun

The American shad (Alosa sapidissima).

Loseverb

To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to find; to go astray from.

‘I lost my way in the forest.’;

Aloseverb

To praise.

Loseverb

(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.’;

Alosenoun

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.

Loseverb

(transitive) To fail to win (a game, competition, trial, etc).

‘We lost the football match.’;

Loseverb

(transitive) To shed (weight).

‘I’ve lost five pounds this week.’;

Loseverb

(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.’;

Loseverb

(transitive) To cause (somebody) to be unable to follow or trace one any longer.

‘We managed to lose our pursuers in the forest.’;

Loseverb

(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.’;

Loseverb

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

Loseverb

To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.

‘When we get into the building, please lose the hat.’;

Loseverb

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.’;

Loseverb

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

Loseverb

To fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss.

‘I lost a part of what he said.’;

Loseverb

To cause to part with; to deprive of.

Losenoun

(obsolete) Fame, renown; praise.

Loseverb

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.’;

Loseverb

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?’;

Loseverb

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.’;

Loseverb

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.’;

Loseverb

To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.

‘The woman that deliberates is lost.’;

Loseverb

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.’;

Loseverb

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.’;

Loseverb

To cause to part with; to deprive of.

‘How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion?’;

Loseverb

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.’;

Loseverb

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.’;

Loseverb

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’;

Loseverb

fail to win;

‘We lost the battle but we won the war’;

Loseverb

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’;

Loseverb

place (something) where one cannot find it again;

‘I misplaced my eyeglasses’;

Loseverb

miss from one's possessions; lose sight of;

‘I've lost my glasses again!’;

Loseverb

allow to go out of sight;

‘The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light’;

Loseverb

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’;

Loseverb

fail to get or obtain;

‘I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad’;

Loseverb

retreat

Loseverb

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’;

Loseverb

be set at a disadvantage;

‘This author really suffers in translation’;

Loseverb

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’;

Loseverb

cause (someone) to fail to gain or retain (something)

‘you lost me my appointment at London University’;

Loseverb

be deprived of (a relative or friend) through their death

‘she lost her husband in the fire’;

Loseverb

(of a pregnant woman) miscarry (a baby) or suffer the death of (a baby) during childbirth

‘am I going to lose the baby?’;

Loseverb

be destroyed or killed, especially as a result of an accident or military action

‘a fishing disaster in which 129 men were lost’;

Loseverb

decrease in (body weight); undergo a reduction of (a specified amount of weight)

‘she couldn't eat and began to lose weight’;

Loseverb

(of a watch or clock) become slow by (a specified amount of time)

‘this clock will neither gain nor lose a second’;

Loseverb

become unable to control one's temper or emotions

‘I completely lost it—I was screaming at them’;

Loseverb

become unable to find (something or someone)

‘I've lost the car keys’;

Loseverb

cease or become unable to follow (the right route)

‘the clouds came down and we lost the path’;

Loseverb

evade or shake off (a pursuer)

‘he came after me waving his revolver, but I easily lost him’;

Loseverb

get rid of (an undesirable person or thing)

‘lose that creep!’;

Loseverb

cause (someone) to be unable to follow an argument or explanation

‘sorry, Tim, you've lost me there’;

Loseverb

be or become deeply absorbed in (something)

‘he had been lost in thought’;

Loseverb

fail to win (a game or contest)

‘they lost by one vote’; ‘England lost the first Test match’;

Loseverb

cause (someone) to fail to win (a game or contest)

‘that shot lost him the championship’;

Loseverb

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’;

Loseverb

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’;