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Webster 1913 Edition
Lost
1.
Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing;
as, a
. lost
book or sheep2.
Parted with; no longer held or possessed;
as, a
lost
limb; lost
honor.3.
Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered;
as, a
lost
day; a lost
opportunity or benefit.5.
Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed;
as, a child
lost
in the woods; a stranger lost
in London.6.
Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope;
as, a ship
lost
at sea; a woman lost
to virtue; a lost
soul.7.
Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible;
as,
lost
to shame; lost
to all sense of honor.8.
Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible;
as, an island
lost
in a fog; a person lost
in a crowd.9.
Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as to be insensible of external things;
as, to be
. lost
in thoughtLost motion
(Mach.)
, the difference between the motion of a driver and that of a follower, due to the yielding of parts or looseness of joints.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lost
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1.
Mislaid or left in a place unknown or forgotten; that cannot be found; as a lost book.2.
Ruined; destroyed; wasted or squandered; employed to no good purpose; as lost money; lost time.3.
Forfeited; as a lost estate.4.
Not able to find the right way, or the place intended. A stranger is lost in London or Paris.5.
Bewildered; perplexed; being in a maze; as, a speaker may be lost in his argument.6.
Alienated; insensible; hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; as a profligate lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor.7.
Not perceptible to the senses; not visible; as an isle lost in fog; a person lost in a crowd.8.
Shipwrecked or foundered; sunk or destroyed; as a ship lost at sea, or on the rocks.Definition 2024
Lost
lost
lost
English
Alternative forms
Verb
lost
- simple past tense and past participle of lose
Derived terms
Adjective
lost (comparative loster or more lost, superlative lostest or most lost)
- Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
- The children were soon lost in the forest.
- In an unknown location; unable to be found.
- Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.
- Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.
- an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd
- Parted with; no longer held or possessed.
- a lost limb; lost honour
- Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.
- a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit
- Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.
- a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul
- Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.
- lost to shame; lost to all sense of honour
- Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things.
- to be lost in thought
Derived terms
Terms derived from lost (adjective)
Translations
unable to find one's way
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in an unknown location
not employed or enjoyed; thrown away
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occupied with, or under the influence of, something
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Statistics
Most common English words before 1923: friends · forth · fire · #379: lost · human · kept · business
Anagrams
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Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔst
Verb
lost
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of lossen
- (archaic) plural imperative of lossen
Adjective
lost
- Superlative form of los