Lost

[lɒst] or [lɔst]

Definition

(adj.) not caught with the senses or the mind; 'words lost in the din' .

(adj.) no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered; 'a lost child'; 'lost friends'; 'his lost book'; 'lost opportunities' .

(adj.) spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; 'lost souls'; 'a lost generation'; 'a lost ship'; 'the lost platoon' .

(adj.) not gained or won; 'a lost battle'; 'a lost prize' .

(adj.) incapable of being recovered or regained; 'his lost honor' .

Inputed by Harlow--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.

(v. t.) Parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb; lost honor.

(v. t.) Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit.

(v. t.) Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed; as, a child lost in the woods; a stranger lost in London.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor.

(v. t.) Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible; as, an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd.

(v. t.) Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as to be insensible of external things; as, to be lost in thought.

Typed by Claire

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Missing, not to be found.[2]. Forfeited, missed.[3]. Misspent, wasted, squandered, dissipated, thrown away.[4]. Bewildered, confused, perplexed, puzzled, distracted, benighted, posed, nonplussed, at a loss, at fault, in a maze, in the dark.[5]. Abstracted, preoccupied, absent, absent-minded, dreamy, napping.[6]. Depraved, corrupt, abandoned, profligate, dissolute, reprobate, graceless, shameless, obdurate, hardened, incorrigible, irreclaimable.[7]. Ruined, destroyed, perished, gone, vanished, disappeared, departed.

Checker: Nanette

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Editor: Stanton

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