Definition of lose

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Lose (v. i.) To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest..

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Near :: Near (adv.) Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend..
Truth :: Truth (n.) Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, object of imitation, or the like..
Tracheid :: Tracheid (n.) A wood cell with spiral or other markings and closed throughout, as in pine wood..
Shiver :: Shiver (v. t.) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind..
Sew :: Sew (v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip..
Encapsulation :: Encapsulation (n.) The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.
Corset :: Corset (v. t.) To inclose in corsets.
Rummage :: Rummage (n.) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage..
Wafer :: Wafer (v. t.) To seal or close with a wafer.
Athecata :: Athecata (n. pl.) A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not inclosed in a capsule. See Tubularian..
Arrentation :: Arrentation () A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent..
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
Tight :: Tight (superl.) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight..
Snug :: Snug (superl.) Close and warm; as, an infant lies snug..
Room :: Room (n.) Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber..
Tight :: Tight (superl.) Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment..
Tigh :: Tigh (n.) A close, or inclosure; a croft..
Adjourn :: Adjourn (v. t.) To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate..
Naturalistic :: Naturalistic (a.) Closely resembling nature; realistic.
Enseel :: Enseel (v. t.) To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk.
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