lose
41lose — (lo z ) s. f. Pierre plate et quadrangulaire, qui est quartzeuse, micacée, et qui sert de couverture de maisons en Savoie et en Piémont. ÉTYMOLOGIE Provenç. lausa, pierre sépulcrale, roc, rocher ; catal. llosa ; espagn. lauda, losa ; portug.… …
42lose — Synonyms and related words: be bereaved of, be found wanting, be unsuccessful, bereave, bite the dust, bow, bow to, capitulate, clear, come to grief, consume, decline, default, disinherit, displace, dispossess, dissipate, divest, draw a blank,… …
43Lose — 1. stop wearing: Lose the earing ; He could definitely lose those yellow socks ; 2. cause (someone) to lose track of a story, explanation, etc.: You lost me after the first sentence …
44Lose it — 1. no longer have that quality which made one specially able or talented; 2. lose control of one s temper: Mum really lost it when I pranged the car ; 3. lose control of a vehicle: lost it big time coming round that last bend ; 4. lose the plot …
45lose — Australian Slang 1. stop wearing: Lose the earing ; He could definitely lose those yellow socks ; 2. cause (someone) to lose track of a story, explanation, etc.: You lost me after the first sentence …
46lose it — Australian Slang 1. no longer have that quality which made one specially able or talented; 2. lose control of one s temper: Mum really lost it when I pranged the car ; 3. lose control of a vehicle: lost it big time coming round that last bend ; 4 …
47lose — lo̲·se Adj; 1 nicht mehr an etwas befestigt ↔ fest <eine Schraube, ein Nagel, ein Knopf> 2 nicht aneinander befestigt ≈ einzeln <Blätter>: Seine Hefte bestehen nur noch aus losen Blättern 3 meist attr; leicht provozierend ≈ frech… …
48lose — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To bring about a loss] Syn. mislay, forget, be careless with; see misplace . 2. [To incur loss] Syn. suffer, miss, be deprived of, fail to keep, suffer loss, be reduced by, be impoverished from, become poorer by, be at a… …
49lose — [OE] The verb lose originated as a derivative of the Old English noun los ‘loss’, which went back ultimately to the same Indo European source (*lau , *leu , lu ) as produced English loose and the suffix less. In Old English it was losian, which… …
50lose it — I. become angry, lose your cool When he criticized you, I started to lose it. I almost hit him. II. lose the ability to think clearly, become forgetful After 35 years of teaching, he was losing it. He was confused …
