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Lose vs. Shed — What's the Difference?

Lose vs. Shed — What's the Difference?

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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

Shed

A shed is typically a simple, single-story roofed structure in a back garden or on an allotment that is used for storage, hobbies, or as a workshop. Sheds vary considerably in their size and complexity of construction, from simple open-sided ones designed to cover bicycles or garden items to large wood-framed structures with shingled roofs, windows, and electrical outlets.

Lose

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

Shed

A simple roofed structure used for garden storage, to shelter animals, or as a workshop
A bicycle shed
A garden shed

Lose

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

Park (a vehicle) in a depot
The buses were temporarily shedded in that depot

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

Shed

(of a tree or other plant) allow (leaves or fruit) to fall to the ground
Both varieties shed leaves in winter

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

Shed

Discard (something undesirable, superfluous, or outdated)
Many firms use relocation as an opportunity to shed jobs

Lose

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

Shed

Cast or give off (light)
The full moon shed a watery light on the scene

Lose

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

Shed

Accidentally allow (something) to fall off or spill
A lorry shed its load of steel bars

Lose

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

Shed

Eliminate part of (an electrical power load) by disconnecting circuits.

Lose

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

Shed

To have (a growth or covering) be disconnected or fall off by a natural process
A tree shedding its leaves.
A snake shedding its skin.
A dog shedding its hair.

Lose

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

Shed

To rid oneself of (something not wanted or needed)
I shed 25 pounds as a result of my new diet.

Lose

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

Shed

To take off (an article of clothing).

Lose

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

Shed

To produce and release (a tear or tears).

Lose

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

Shed

(Archaic) To pour forth.

Lose

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

Shed

To repel without allowing penetration
A duck's feathers shed water.

Lose

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

Shed

To diffuse or radiate; send forth or impart
A lamp that sheds a lot of light.

Lose

To rid oneself of
Lost five pounds.

Shed

To lose a natural growth or covering by natural process
The cats are shedding now.

Lose

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

Shed

An elevation in the earth's surface from which water flows in two directions; a watershed.

Lose

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

Shed

Something, such as an exoskeleton or outer skin, that has been shed or sloughed.

Lose

To elude or outdistance
Lost their pursuers.

Shed

The space made by raising certain warp threads on a loom and lowering others, allowing the woof to be passed between them.

Lose

To be outdistanced by
Chased the thieves but lost them.

Shed

A small structure, either freestanding or attached to a larger structure, serving for storage or shelter.

Lose

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

Shed

A large low structure often open on all sides.

Lose

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

Shed

To part, separate or divide.
To shed something in two.
To shed the sheep from the lambs.
A metal comb shed her golden hair.
We are shed with each other by an enormous distance.

Lose

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

Shed

(ambitransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of.
You must shed your fear of the unknown before you can proceed.
When we found the snake, it was in the process of shedding its skin.

Lose

To cause to be damned.

Shed

To pour; to make flow.

Lose

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

Shed

(transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
I didn't shed many tears when he left me.
A tarpaulin sheds water.

Lose

To be defeated
Our team lost in overtime.

Shed

(transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light); see also shed light on.
Can you shed any light on this problem?

Lose

To operate or run slow. Used of a timepiece.

Shed

To pour forth, give off, impart.

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.

Shed

To fall in drops; to pour.

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.

Shed

To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.

Lose

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

Shed

(weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

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.

Shed

To place or allocate a vehicle, such as a locomotive, in or to a depot or shed.

Lose

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

Shed

To woodshed

Lose

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

Shed

(weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.

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.

Shed

(obsolete) A distinction or dividing-line.

Lose

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

Shed

(obsolete) A parting in the hair.

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.

Shed

(obsolete) The top of the head.

Lose

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

Shed

(obsolete) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.

Lose

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

Shed

(physics) A unit of area equivalent to 10−52 square meters; used in nuclear physics Category:en:Nuclear physics

Lose

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

Shed

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut.
A wagon shed; a wood shed; a garden shed

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.

Shed

A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.

Lose

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

Shed

An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.

Lose

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

Shed

A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.

Lose

(obsolete) Fame, renown; praise.

Shed

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure often open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.
The first Aletes born in lowly shed.
Sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel.

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.

Shed

A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.

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?

Shed

A parting; a separation; a division.
They say also that the manner of making the shed of newwedded wives' hair with the iron head of a javelin came up then likewise.

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.

Shed

The act of shedding or spilling; - used only in composition, as in bloodshed.

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.

Shed

That which parts, divides, or sheds; - used in composition, as in watershed.

Lose

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

Shed

The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads.

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.

Shed

To separate; to divide.

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.

Shed

To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain.
Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood?
Twice seven consenting years have shedTheir utmost bounty on thy head.

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?

Shed

To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.

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.

Shed

To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.

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.

Shed

To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.

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

Shed

To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

Lose

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

Shed

To fall in drops; to pour.
Such a rain down from the welkin shadde.

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

Shed

To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.
White oats are apt to shed most as they lie, and black as they stand.

Lose

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

Shed

An outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage

Lose

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

Shed

Get rid of;
He shed his image as a pushy boss
Shed your clothes

Lose

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

Shed

Pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities;
Shed tears
Spill blood
God shed His grace on Thee

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

Shed

Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over;
Spill the beans all over the table

Lose

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

Shed

Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers;
Out dog sheds every Spring

Lose

Retreat

Shed

Shed at an early stage of development;
Most amphibians have caducous gills
The caducous calyx of a poppy

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

Lose

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

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