Definition of losing

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Losing (v. t.) Causing or incurring loss; as, a losing game or business..

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Stop :: Stop (n.) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated..
Pale :: Pale (n.) A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket..
Hoarding :: Hoarding (n.) A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work.
Stiller :: Still-closing (a.) Ever closing.
Constrictor :: Constrictor (n.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor..
Inclusive :: Inclusive (a.) Inclosing; encircling; surrounding.
Finale :: Finale (n.) The closing part, piece, or scene in any public performance or exhibition..
Jaguar :: "Jaguar (n.) A large and powerful feline animal (Felis onca), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewhat angular rings, each generally inclosing one or two dark spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. Called also the American tiger..
Capsule :: Capsule (n.) A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle.
Impalement :: Impalement (n.) An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed..
Losing :: Losing (imp. & p. p.) of Los.
Manifestation :: Manifestation (n.) The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the manifestation of God's power in creation..
Fading :: Fading (a.) Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor..
Secure :: Secure (v. t.) To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure; -- frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage..
Lock :: Lock (n.) A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
Lag :: Lag (n.) The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing..
Open :: Open (a.) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate; as, an open season; an open winter..
Heel :: Heel (n.) The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.
Barpost :: Barpost (n.) A post sunk in the ground to receive the bars closing a passage into a field.
Catskill Period :: Catskill period () The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains, and extend south and west under the Carboniferous formation. See the Diagram under Geology..
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