Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: lost

'lost'

[doomed.n.01] as in: people who are destined to die soon

Examples:
the agony of the doomed was in his voice

'lost'

[lose.v.01] as in: fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

Examples:
She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat

'lost'

[lose.v.02] as in: fail to win

Examples:
We lost the battle but we won the war

'lost'

[lose.v.03] as in: suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

Examples:
She lost her husband in the war
The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her

'lost'

[misplace.v.01] as in: place (something) where one cannot find it again

Examples:
I misplaced my eyeglasses

'lost'

[lose.v.05] as in: miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

Examples:
I've lost my glasses again!

'lost'

[lose.v.06] as in: allow to go out of sight

Examples:
The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light

'lost'

[lose.v.07] as in: fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

Examples:
I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!
The company turned a loss after the first year

'lost'

[lose.v.08] as in: fail to get or obtain

Examples:
I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad

'lost'

[fall_back.v.04] as in: retreat

'lost'

[miss.v.01] as in: fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

Examples:
I missed that remark
She missed his point
We lost part of what he said

'lost'

[suffer.v.11] as in: be set at a disadvantage

Examples:
This author really suffers in translation

'lost'

[lost.a.01] as in: no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

Examples:
a lost child
lost friends
his lost book
lost opportunities

'lost'

[confused.s.03] as in: having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity

Examples:
I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway
the anesthetic left her completely disoriented

'lost'

[lost.a.03] as in: spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed

Examples:
lost souls
a lost generation
a lost ship
the lost platoon

'lost'

[lost.a.04] as in: not gained or won

Examples:
a lost battle
a lost prize

'lost'

[lost.s.02] as in: incapable of being recovered or regained

Examples:
his lost honor

'lost'

[lost.s.03] as in: not caught with the senses or the mind

Examples:
words lost in the din

'lost'

[bemused.s.01] as in: deeply absorbed in thought

Examples:
as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class
lost in thought
a preoccupied frown

'lost'

[baffled.s.01] as in: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment

Examples:
obviously bemused by his questions
bewildered and confused
a cloudy and confounded philosopher
just a mixed-up kid
she felt lost on the first day of school

'lost'

[helpless.s.02] as in: unable to function; without help