lost
lost definition
lost (lôst, läst)
transitive verb, intransitive verb
adjective
- destroyed or ruined physically or morally
- Theol. damned; reprobate
- not to be found; missing
- no longer held or possessed; parted with
- no longer seen, heard, or known a person lost in a crowd
- not gained or won; attended with defeat
- having wandered from the way; uncertain as to one's location
- bewildered or ill at ease
- not spent profitably or usefully; wasted
- spent away from one's place of work, as because of illness to make up lost time
lost Idioms
get lost!
☆Slang go away!
lost in
absorbed in; engrossed in
lost on
without effect on; failing to influence
lost to
- no longer in the possession or enjoyment of
- no longer available to
- having no sense of (shame, right, etc.); insensible to
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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