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losing |
6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lose \Lose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Losing}.] [OE. losien to loose, be lost, lose, AS losian to become loose; akin to OE leosen to lose, p. p. loren, lorn, AS le['o]san, p. p. loren (in comp.), D. verliezen G. verlieren Dan. forlise, Sw f["o]rlisa, f["o]rlora, Goth. fraliusan also to E. loose, a & v., L. luere to loose, Gr ?, Skr. l? to cut. [root]127. Cf {Analysis}, {Palsy}, {Solve}, {Forlorn}, {Leasing}, {Loose}, {Loss}.] 1. 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. Fair Venus wept the sad disaster Of having lost her favorite dove. --Prior. 2. 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. If the salt hath lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted ? --Matt. v. 13. 3. Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away to waste; to squander; as to lose a day to lose the benefits of instruction. The unhappy have but hours, and these they lose. --Dryden. 4. To wander from to miss, so as not to be able to and to go astray from as to lose one's way He hath lost his fellows. --Shak 5. To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as the ship was lost on the ledge. The woman that deliberates is lost. --Addison. 6. To be deprived of the view of to cease to see or know the whereabouts of as he lost his companion in the crowd. Like following life thro' creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. --Pope. 7. 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 He shall in no wise lose his reward. --Matt. x. 42. I fought the battle bravely which I lost, And lost it but to Macedonians. --Dryden. 8. To cause to part with to deprive of [R.] How should you go about to lose him a wife he loves with so much passion ? --Sir W. Temple. 9. To prevent from gaining or obtaining. O false heart ! thou hadst almost betrayed me to eternal flames, and lost me this glory. --Baxter. {To lose ground}, to fall behind; to suffer gradual loss or disadvantage. {To lose heart}, to lose courage; to become timid. ``The mutineers lost heart.'' --Macaulay. {To lose one's head}, to be thrown off one's balance; to lose the use of one's good sense or judgment. In the excitement of such a discovery, many scholars lost their heads. --Whitney. {To lose one's self}. a To forget or mistake the bearing of surrounding objects; as to lose one's self in a great city. b To have the perceptive and rational power temporarily suspended; as we lose ourselves in sleep. {To lose sight of}. a To cease to see as to lose sight of the land. b To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as he lost sight of the issue. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Losing \Lo"sing\, a. [See {Losenger}.] Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening. [Obs.] Amongst the many simoniacal that swarmed in the land, Herbert, Bishop of Thetford, must not be forgotten; nick-named Losing, that is the Fratterer. --Fuller. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Losing \Los"ing\, a. [See {Lose}, v. t.] Causing or incurring loss as a losing game or business. Who strive sit out losing hands are lost. --Herbert. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: losing adj : not victorious; "on the losing team" [syn: {losing(a)}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: losing adj Said of anything that is or causes a {lose} or {lossage}. "The compiler is losing badly when I try to use templates." From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: losingSaid of anything that is or causes a {lose} or {lossage}. [{Jargon File}]
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