lost

1. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract senseExamples: "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"Synonyms: loseAntonyms: keep

2. fail to winExamples: "We lost the battle but we won the war"Synonyms: loseAntonyms: win

3. suffer the loss of a person through death or removalExamples: "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"Synonyms: lose

4. place (something) where one cannot find it againExamples: "I misplaced my eyeglasses"Synonyms: lose, mislay, misplace

5. miss from one's possessions; lose sight ofExamples: "I've lost my glasses again!"Synonyms: loseAntonyms: find

6. allow to go out of sightExamples: "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"Synonyms: lose

1. no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recoveredExamples: "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"Synonyms: lostAntonyms: found

2. spiritually or physically doomed or destroyedExamples: "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"Synonyms: lostAntonyms: saved

3. not gained or wonExamples: "a lost battle"; "a lost prize"Synonyms: lostAntonyms: won

1. having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identityExamples: "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented"Synonyms: confused, disoriented, lost

2. incapable of being recovered or regainedExamples: "his lost honor"Synonyms: lost

3. not caught with the senses or the mindExamples: "words lost in the din"Synonyms: lost, missed

4. deeply absorbed in thoughtExamples: "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown"Synonyms: bemused, deep in thought, lost, preoccupied

5. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewildermentExamples: "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"Synonyms: at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost

6. unable to function; without helpSynonyms: helpless, lost