Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)losefail to keep or maintain (of a state)“I sprang from the ground and quickly lost balance” (CoCA) (v)losefail to win“We lost the battle but we won the war” (v)losesuffer the loss of a person through death or removal“She lost her husband in the war”,
“The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her” (v)losemiss from one's possessions; lose sight of“I've lost my glasses again!” (v)loseallow to go out of sight or mind“The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light”,
“lose the crowds by climbing a mountain”,
“the lost tribe” (v)lose, turn a lossfail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit“I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!”,
“The company turned a loss after the first year” (v)losefail to get or obtain“I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad” (v)miss, losefail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind“I missed that remark”,
“She missed his point”,
“We lost part of what he said” (v)losewithdraw, as from reality“he lost himself in his music” (v)suffer, losebe set at a disadvantage“This author really suffers in translation”,
“The painting loses something in this light”