lost
lost is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb; lost honor.
- 2.Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit.
- 3.Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed; as, a child lost in the woods; a stranger lost in London.
- 4.Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul.
- 5.Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor.
- 6.Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible; as, an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd.
- 7.Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as to be insensible of external things; as, to be lost in thought. Lost motion (Mach.), the difference between the motion of a driver and that of a follower, due to the yielding of parts or looseness of joints.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adieu
- allow
- and
- avaunt
- away
- behind
- benefit
- bereavement
- bereft
- clergy
- conscience
- contrition
- cut
- damage
- depart
- departure
- deperdition
- deprivation
- die
- disappear
- disappearance
- disappearing
- dispossession
- dissolve
- dissolving
- eclipse
- efface
- ejection
- evanescence
- evanescent
- evaporate
- exempt
- exit
- experience
- fade
- farewell
- forfeit
- forfeiture
- from
- game
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is lost.
- What is parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb; lost honor called?
- What is not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit called?
- What is having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed; as, a child lost in the woods; a stranger lost in London called?
- What is ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul called?
- What is hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor called?
- What is not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible; as, an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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