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
Examples
- She had been all sweetness and kindness, always thankful, always gentle, even when Mrs. Clapp lost her own temper and pressed for the rent. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The first half-hour was lost, for Fanny and Lady Bertram were together, and unless she had Fanny to herself she could hope for nothing. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He lost the genial suavity of manner which is one of his greatest charMs. A noble indignation inspired his reply. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She brought him some milk, and he drank of it gratefully and lay down again, to forget in pleasant dreams his lost battle and his humbled pride. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Even if water is only moderately hard, much soap is lost. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This victory gained, Rokesmith made haste to profit by it, for he saw how woefully time had been lost. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There he did very well, but something went wrong (as it always does to a nomad), so he went to the Transvaal, and ran a panorama called 'Paradise Lost' in the Kaffir kraals. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Crittenden had a severe engagement with some of Hill's corps on his crossing the river, and lost heavily. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- She turned white as death; she shook all over; she lost her strength. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A slight snore was the only reply: the honest stockbroker was asleep, and so the rest of Joseph's story was lost for that day. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It might be for a day or for two days, but I must be lost sight of on landing, or there would be recognition, anticipation, and failure. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He had lost all his sense of place. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This lost to us the use of his troops for several weeks from the defence of the North. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Perhaps they did, but it is of infinitely greater importance to mention that at this point also I lost my patience, opened my eyes, and interfered. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- We have elaborate governmental mechanisms--like the tariff, for example, which we go on making more scientific year in, year out--having long since lost sight of their human purpose. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Stanton