(v. t.) To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.
(v. t.) To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health.
(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.
(v. t.) To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way.
(v. t.) To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.
(v. t.) To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.
(v. t.) To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said.
(v. t.) To cause to part with; to deprive of.
(v. t.) To prevent from gaining or obtaining.
(v. i.) To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is my desperate hope that we close out of town.” In the book, God publishes his own 'It Getteth Better' video and clarifies his original writings on homosexuality: I remember dictating these lines to Moses; and afterward looking up to find him staring at me in wide-eyed astonishment, and saying, "Thou do knowest that when the Israelites read this, they're going to lose their fucking shit, right?"
(2) In fact, you might read it as a signal … that the president might well lose on this,” she said.
(3) Shelter’s analysis of MoJ figures highlights high-risk hotspots across the country where families are particularly at risk of losing their homes, with households in Newham, east London, most exposed to the possibility of eviction or repossession, with one in every 36 homes threatened.
(4) The effects of brain injury can be catastrophic and long-term so the impact of more research would be vast, but affected numbers are too small so it loses out.
(5) Larvae from fresh water eggs, cultured in fresh water and 'normal' laboratory cultures reached 50% infectivity in 3-5 days, losing potential infectivity in 11-15 days post-hatching.
(6) He's called out for his lack of imagination in a stinging review by a leading food critic (Oliver Platt) and - after being introduced to Twitter by his tech-savvy son (Emjay Anthony) - accidentally starts a flame war that will lead to him losing his job.
(7) • young clownfish will lose their ability to "smell" the anemone species that they shelter in.
(8) c-WRT-7 cells were found to differentiate into macrophage-like cells and to lose their growth capacity both in vitro and in vivo after incubation with LPS.
(9) By using these larger catheters, the surgeon will not lose the option of using isosmotic preparations.
(10) Winning and losing were predicted to be more significant in determining cardiovascular responses for Type A's than for Type B's.
(11) "I have to say that I have been a Chelsea player since 2004 and I have never had six minutes in my favour when I was losing.
(12) He would still lose some of his original cash, but it would be less.
(13) Moreover, respondents indicating initially relatively high levels of emotional eating who reported a reduction in that level were found to lose significantly (p less than 0.01) more reported weight and to be significantly (p less than 0.05) more successful at approaching target weight over the period of the study than respondents who continued to report high levels of emotional eating.
(14) In addition, we have shown that long-lived, presumably non-senescent, strains do not arise by suppressor mutation, but lose senescence plasmid DNA by another mechanism.
(15) We find that the labelled cell has a myelinated axon, but that the axon loses its myelin within 50 microns of the soma and has not yet been traced further.
(16) Duraphat-treated samples submerged in water after the exposure lost only about 50% of the deposited fluoride, whereas samples treated with 2% NaF are known to lose all their fluoride under similar circumstances, a condition which may be related to the favorable clinical effect of Duraphat.
(17) In the midst of all the newspaper headlines and vigils you can sometimes lose sight of the man who was on death row.
(18) Last month Walsall council announced it would close 15 of its 16 libraries, and residents told the Guardian they stood to lose vital community spaces as well as reading resources.
(19) Rayburn, who was also told by his jobcentre he would lose his benefits if he did not work without pay, said he spent almost two months stacking and cleaning shelves and sometimes doing night shifts.
(20) A growing educated middle class is losing touch with apartheid history and seeking alternatives.
Snag
Definition:
(n.) A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.
(n.) A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
(n.) A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
(n.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.
(v. t.) To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
(v. t.) To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.
Example Sentences:
(1) The principal snags that still remain are: post-operative infection in about a third of cases; the rare but possible development of an enterocele and of dyspareunia (2%).
(2) Amazon and Google's drone delivery plans hit snag with new US regulations Read more The company announced that a cross-government team supported by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) gave permission to Amazon to explore three key areas: operations beyond line of sight, obstacle avoidance and flights where one person operates multiple autonomous drones.
(3) By snagging a 14-second submission and securing the quickest finish in UFC championship history.
(4) Those in the first row had arrived at 3am to snag prime spots to greet the object of their affection.
(5) • Wipes, nappies, sanitary towels, rags and condoms do not break down easily and can snag on pipes, drains and the walls of sewers, leading to blockages.
(6) We hope to create laws that help protect the security of the Japanese people.” Abe’s economic policy hit a snag when Japan slipped back into recession in the third quarter, amid weak consumer and corporate spending.
(7) This bureaucratic snag was what prompted Frayha to try to reach Greece last weekend , even after the introduction of the EU-Turkey deportation deal.
(8) The variant, termed SNAG 1, continues to synthesize idiotypic IgM, which can be detected in the cytoplasm, but it neither secretes nor expresses IgM on the cell surface (less than 10% of the levels of the original BCL tumor), even though the H and L chains show no gross structural changes.
(9) As soon as it caught my bait it pulled 20 metres of line from my reel, the only time that’s happened before is when I got snagged on a boat propeller.
(10) The treaty immediately hit a snag because politicians in the US, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, passed a vote in the Senate refusing to ratify the protocol.
(11) In Carlos Queiroz Iran have a defensive mastermind to savour this kind of match, a coach who is happiest seeing opposition teams grind though the gears, snagged on his high-grade defensive spike strips.
(12) Two reports published on Wednesday have suggested that the investigation has hit a snag over what is expected of agents on foreign trips.
(13) The deal had hit a late snag over agents’ fees on Tuesday but Villa have confirmed their first January capture.
(14) Sharon Shoesmith has not changed her appearance, as some might expect her to have done since she was dismissed as Haringey council's director of children's services last year: she still has short, dark hair above heavy designer glasses, and, apart from dropping them a few times, and apart from a sudden snag into tears, she is very composed, very still.
(15) The National Review's Robert Costa says it looks good: Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) Leadership sources: no snags right now on informal whip count, legislation continues to move twd floor, vote coming later October 15, 2013 Except: Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) Pressure mounts on conservatives to vote nay RT @Heritage_Action Key Vote: “NO” on House Spending and Debt Deal October 15, 2013 The failure of the latest Boehner initiative could make a strong argument for the terminal paralysis of the House and the return of the legislative initiative to the Senate.
(16) Danny Green then throws a really ill-conceived pass that Ray Allen snags for another three-pointer, because that's what he does.
(17) Since Colbert’s debut this week, he has already snagged an interview with GOP contender Jeb Bush and booked future appearances with candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
(18) And anyway, when he came to think about the show, his shifting idea of Britain, there were other things his mind was snagging on.
(19) Results of both clinical and laboratory-based studies showed the non-woven swab to be as effective as traditional gauze in terms of softness, conformability, ability to pad or pack, resistance to snagging and shredding, and ease of counting when wet.
(20) The valve is of crucial importance and varices represent a symptom indicating a snag in the venous return.