Definition of lose

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Lose (v. t.) Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction..

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Interstice :: Interstice (n.) That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a wall..
Reasoner :: Reasoner (n.) One who reasons or argues; as, a fair reasoner; a close reasoner; a logical reasoner..
Princesse :: Princesse (a.) A term applied to a lady's long, close-fitting dress made with waist and skirt in one..
Forehead :: Forehead (n.) The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.
Knot :: Knot (v. t.) To unite closely; to knit together.
German :: German (a.) Nearly related; closely akin.
Cadence :: Cadence (n.) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord..
Stag :: Stag (n.) The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti..
Tack :: Tack (v. t.) The direction of a vessel in regard to the trim of her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of a vessel on one tack; also, a change of direction..
Scatter :: Scatter (v. t.) To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse.
Headpiece :: Headpiece (n.) A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages..
Crispy :: Crispy (a.) Formed into short, close ringlets; frizzed; crisp; as, crispy locks..
Employ :: Employ (v. t.) To inclose; to infold.
Adjacent :: Adjacent (a.) Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway..
Satin :: Satin (n.) A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof, which has a glossy surface..
Pome :: Pome (n.) A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear..
Foreclose :: Foreclose (v. t.) To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.
Unclose :: Unclose (v. t. & i.) To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes..
Wit :: Wit (v.) A mental faculty, or power of the mind; -- used in this sense chiefly in the plural, and in certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits; at one's wits' end, and the like..
Squamiform :: Squamellate (a.) Furnished or covered with little scales; squamulose.
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