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losable

Variant of lose

transitive verb lost, losing

    1. to bring to ruin or destruction: a ship lost in the storm
    2. Theol. to incur the damnation of: to lose one's soul
  1. to become unable to find; mislay: to lose one's keys
    1. to have taken from one by negligence, accident, death, removal, separation, etc.; suffer the loss of; be deprived of
    2. to suffer the miscarriage or stillbirth of (a baby)
  2. to get rid of (something undesirable): to lose unwanted weight
  3. to fail to keep or maintain: to lose one's temper, to lose speed
    1. to fail to see, hear, or understand: she did not lose a word of his speech
    2. to fail to keep in sight, mind, or existence
  4. to fail to have, get, take advantage of, etc.; miss: to lose one's chance
  5. to fail to win or gain: to lose a game
  6. to cause the loss of: it lost him his job
  7. to cause to go astray, become bewildered, etc.
  8. to wander from and not be able to find (one's way, the right track, etc.)
  9. to fail or be unable to make proper use of; waste: to lose time
  10. to leave behind; outdistance
  11. to engross or preoccupy: usually in the passive: to be lost in reverie
  12. to go slower by: a watch that loses two minutes a day

intransitive verb

  1. to undergo or suffer loss
  2. to be defeated in a contest, etc.
  3. to be slow: said of a clock, etc.

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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