| lose one's shirt |
(informal) to lose all that one owns. |
| lose one's touch |
to lose one's special ability to do something. |
| loser |
a person or group that loses. [2 definitions] |
| lose track of |
to lose the knowledge of where (someone or something) is, or to lose the ability to know about (someone or something). |
| losing |
characterized by or experiencing loss or defeat. [4 definitions] |
| loss |
a defeat or failure to win. [6 definitions] |
| loss leader |
a popular commodity that a retail store sells at or below its wholesale cost in order to attract customers to buy other goods at regular prices. |
| lossless |
combined form of loss. |
| lost |
not able to be found or no longer possessed. [6 definitions] |
| lost and found |
an office or department in a public place where lost property is held until it is claimed or disposed of. |
| lost cause |
an undertaking or cause that has failed or is certain to fail. |
| lost in the shuffle |
disregarded, ignored, or misplaced in the general confusion. |
| lost property |
(chiefly British) personal items that have been lost by their owners in a public place and found by others. [2 definitions] |
| lost tribes |
the ten tribes of ancient Israel that were taken into captivity in Assyria and apparently never returned. |
| Lot |
according to the Old Testament, the nephew of Abraham who was allowed to flee from the destruction of Sodom, but whose wife was turned into a pillar of salt for looking back at the city. |
| lot |
a large amount or number. [8 definitions] |
| Lothario |
in the early eighteenth-century play The Fair Penitent by Nicholas Rowe, a young rake. [2 definitions] |
| loti |
the chief monetary unit of Lesotho, equaling one hundred lisente. |
| lotion |
a liquid medication prescribed for external use on the skin. [2 definitions] |
| lottery |
a game of chance in which contestants purchase or are given tickets and the winner is chosen randomly. [2 definitions] |
| lotto |
a game of chance, similar to bingo, in which a leader draws a numbered disk and the players cover the corresponding numbers on their boards, continuing until someone has covered five numbers in a row. [2 definitions] |