lost
/lɔst/ adjective A2- Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way. · The children were soon lost in the forest.
- In an unknown location; unable to be found. · Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.
- Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible. · an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd
- Parted with; no longer held or possessed. · a lost limb; lost honour
- Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered. · a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit; no time should be lost
- Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope. · a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul
- Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible. · lost to shame; lost to all sense of honour
- Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things. · to be lost in thought
Comparative loster · Superlative lostest
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Once Toto got too near the open trap door, and fell in; and at first the little girl thought she had lost him.
Off Civita Vecchia we lost our brave Captain Leclere.”
When she was halfway across the room there came a great shriek from the wind, and the house shook so hard that she lost her footing and sat down suddenly upon the floor.
She knelt there, lost to everything but the loveliness around her, until she was startled by a hand on her shoulder.
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