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Verbs (17)

v. suffer 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"

lose

v. fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war"

lose

v. fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"

lose

v. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"

lose

v. allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"

lose, turn a loss

v. fail 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"

miss, lose

v. fail 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"

misplace, mislay, lose

v. place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses"

fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede

v. retreat

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Fuzzynyms (23)

forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego

v. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"

concede, yield, cede, grant

v. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

dodge

v. move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course; "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd"

shake, agitate

v. move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"

decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

drain

v. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"

flow away, flow off

v. flow off or away gradually; "The water flowed off from the pipe"

enfeeble, debilitate, drain

v. make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

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Antonyms (44)

win

v. be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game"

cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick

v. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"

get the better of, overcome, defeat

v. win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"

recuperate

v. restore to good health or strength

acquire, win, gain

v. win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"

get, acquire

v. come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"

keep

v. have as a supply; "I always keep batteries in the freezer"; "keep food for a week in the pantry"; "She keeps a sixpack and a week's worth of supplies in the refrigerator"

have, have got, hold

v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

reserve, hold, book

v. arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's"

retain, hold, keep back, hold back

v. secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"

profit, turn a profit

v. make a profit; gain money or materially; "The company has not profited from the merger"

break even

v. make neither profit nor loss

make

v. perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call"

set about, go about, approach

v. begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"

gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground

v. obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

become, go, get

v. enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

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